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Motherboard

A motherboard, also known as a mainboard, system board, logic board, and informally mobo (see "Nomenclature" section), is the main printed circuit board (PCB) in general-purpose computers and other expandable systems. It holds and allows communication between many of the crucial electronic components of a system, such as the central processing unit (CPU)…

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Motherboard

Nodes168
Edges167
Triples119
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.011905
Components1

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Motherboard

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related to IBM-compatible personal computers (PC) · 20
Motherboard → Apple II, BASIC, BIOS, Cassette BASIC, CPU, For, IBM PC, IBM Personal Computer, If, In, Microsoft, POST, RAM, ROM, ROM BASIC, The, These, UEFI, Upon, Windows
related to Integrated peripherals · 17
Motherboard → By, Disk, DisplayPort, DVI, HDMI, InternetUSB, LAN, Other, PATA, PCB, PMIC, S/PDIF, SATA, The, TV, VGA, With
related to Peripheral card slots · 14
Motherboard → AMD, AMD's CrossFire, APIs, ATI CrossFire, GPU, GPUs, However, Many, Nvidia, Nvidia's Scalable Link Interface, PCI Express, PCIe, SLI, Some
related to Form factor · 12
Motherboard → As, ATX, For, However, IBM-compatible, Laptop, Macintosh, Motherboards, Often, PSU, Sun, This
related to Temperature and reliability · 11
Motherboard → Alternatively, BIOS, CPU, CPUs, Insufficient, Most, Motherboards, Passive, PCs, Some, This
related to Bootstrapping · 6
Motherboard → EEPROM, EPROM, Modern, NOR, ROM, The
related to CPU sockets · 5
Motherboard → CPU, CPUs, Intel, It, PCB
related to External links · 4
Motherboard → Computer, Media, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Nomenclature · 4
Motherboard → Electronics, Oxford English Dictionary, Several, The
related to Design · 2
Motherboard → Other, Unlike

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computer cpu components motherboards peripherals computers system memory slots systems integrated cards modern peripheral also ibm hardware interface citation needed

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Motherboardis amicroprocessor's supporting chipset0.90text
the Apple IIinstance ofApple commonly uses logic board in its technical documentation for products0.80text
the Macinstance ofApple commonly uses logic board in its technical documentation for products0.80text
the Altair 8800.In the 1980sinstance ofwidely used in 1970s microcomputer systems0.80text
popular personal computers like the Apple IIinstance ofwidely used in 1970s microcomputer systems0.80text
IBM Personal Computer featured publicly available schematic diagramsinstance ofwidely used in 1970s microcomputer systems0.80text
technical documentationinstance ofwidely used in 1970s microcomputer systems0.80text
external storageinstance ofOther components0.80text
controllers for video displayinstance ofOther components0.80text
soundinstance ofOther components0.80text
and peripheral devices may be attached to the motherboard as plug-in cards or via cablesinstance ofOther components0.80text
the Apple IIinstance ofEarly personal computers0.80text

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