weatherboard

n 1: a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used

as siding by lapping one board over the board below

[syn: {clapboard}, {weatherboarding}]

2: the side toward the wind [syn: {to windward}, {windward side},

{weather side}]

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)