motherboard
(mobo) The main {printed circuit board} in an
electronic device, particularly a computer, which may contain
sockets that accept additional boards ("daughter-boards").
In a {personal computer}, the motherboard contains the {bus},
the {microprocessor}, and {integrated circuits} used for
controlling any built-in {peripherals} such as the {keyboard},
text and graphics display, {serial ports} and {parallel
ports}, {joystick}, and {mouse} {interfaces}.
(2000-08-10)