2007-06-20 06:50:36 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
The motherboard is the heart of a computer. Its soul is the CPU. The motherboard provides an interface between the CPU and the computer peripherals, such as the storage media (hard drive, CD drive, Floppy drive, USB drive, etc), the memory (DIMM, SIMM, etc), the monitor, the keyboard and mouse, etc. Without the motherboard, a CPU might as well be a brick.
The motherboard is responsible for moving data from one peripheral to another and the CPU, and controlling the flow of data.
2007-06-20 06:57:01 · answer #1 · answered by JimDandy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A motherboard is the underlying circuit board of a computer. The central processing unit (CPU), Random Access Memory (RAM), hard drive(s), disk drives and optical drives are all plugged into interfaces on the motherboard. A video interface and sound card can be optionally built-in or added.
2007-06-20 13:54:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Motherboard, Mainboard, Mobo: the main circuit board inside your PC,(Personal Computer), that the Processor, Ram memory, Peripherals, and other components are attached to. Check out:
1.Hardwaresecrets.com
2.Howstuffworks.com,(computers)
3.Sysopt.com
4.Howtobuildcomputers.com
for just a few places to glean basic, and advanced info about motherboards.(and computers in general)
2007-06-20 16:17:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A motherboard is the circuit board in your computer where all the different hardware is plugged in, e.g., math co-processor, sound cards, video cards, etc.... Kind of like a telephone switchboard....
2007-06-20 13:59:27 · answer #4 · answered by Eskimo Hammer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The motherboard is the one thing that interconects everything . Usually more expensive motherboards don't provide better performance (ego conections can't get much better) but they do provide better features of controlling this conections.
2007-06-20 14:07:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The main circuit board of a computer, usually containing the central processing unit and main system memory as well as circuitry that controls the disk drives, keyboard, monitor, and other peripheral devices.
2007-06-20 13:55:19 · answer #6 · answered by Q&A Answer Mans Retired 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A motherboard is what everything (cards, cpu, memory, hard drive, etc.) plugs into in a computer.
2007-06-20 13:53:00 · answer #7 · answered by Yoi_55 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the Board inside a computer
in which all the things are connected to such as Ethernet adapter and graphics card also the location of the processor socket where the processor is in
2007-06-20 13:53:41 · answer #8 · answered by Benji P 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The whole board that is inside of the computer it includes ram, processor, and other stuff
2007-06-20 14:01:27 · answer #9 · answered by wtfseabass 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the big main circuit board in a computer that everything is attached and plugged in to. http://www.mysuperpc.com/msi_k8n_neo_platinum_motherboard.jpg - that's what it looks like.
2007-06-20 13:54:06 · answer #10 · answered by Rodriguez 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋