Motherboard - Revision history

Jnc: e.g. SIMM modules

2023-03-21T13:09:40Z

e.g. SIMM modules

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2018-12-15T23:41:33Z

+cat

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2018-10-30T18:21:32Z

+other usual content

Jnc: A pretty good start

2018-10-30T18:16:05Z

A pretty good start

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The '''motherboard''' ('''mobo''' for short) is the main (and sometimes only) [[printed circuit board]] in a [[personal computer]]; as much functionality as possible is packed on this board, to save the cost of [[connector]]s to other boards.

So the motherboard will contain the [[microprocessor]] [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]], [[Read-only memory|ROM]] used for the [[bootstrap]], the [[hardware]] to drive the [[display]], etc.

It will also often contain connectors for a [[bus]] for optional cards to provide extra functionality. In early PC motherboards, this included cards to connect to [[local area network]]s, etc, but much of this has now been standardized on the motherboard.

There is sometimes provision for a [[daughter-card]], if all the desired functionality cannot be fitted onto the main card; such cards may be optional, or mandatory.

[[Main memory]] is often contained on small cards that plug into connectors on the motherboard, both to allow easy replacement if there is a failure, but mostly to allow upgraded with more/larger memory cards.

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 So the motherboard will contain the [[microprocessor]] [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]], [[Read-only memory|ROM]] used for the [[bootstrap]], the [[interface]] to the [[keyboard]], [[device controller]]s for [[secondary storage]] devices, etc.
-It will also often contain connectors for a [[bus]] for optional cards to provide extra functionality. In early PC motherboards, this included cards to connect to [[local area network]]s, hold the[[hardware]] to drive the [[display]], etc, but much of this has now been standardized on the motherboard.
+It will also often contain connectors for a [[bus]] for optional cards to provide extra functionality. In early PC motherboards, this included cards to connect to [[local area network]]s, hold the [[hardware]] to drive the [[display]], etc, but much of this has now been standardized on the motherboard.
-There is sometimes provision for a [[daughter-card]], if all the desired functionality cannot be fitted onto the main card; such cards may be optional, or mandatory.
+There is sometimes provision for a [[daughter-board|daughter-card]], if all the desired functionality cannot be fitted onto the main card; such cards may be optional, or mandatory.
-[[Main memory]] is often contained on small cards that plug into connectors on the motherboard, both to allow easy replacement if there is a failure, but mostly to allow upgraded with more/larger memory cards.
+[[Main memory]] is often contained on small cards that plug into connectors on the motherboard (e.g. [[Single Inline Memory Module|SIMM memory modules]]); first to allow easy replacement if there is a failure, but mostly to allow the system to be upgraded with more/larger memory cards.
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 The '''motherboard''' ('''mobo''' for short) is the main (and sometimes only) [[printed circuit board]] in a [[personal computer]]; as much functionality as possible is packed on this board, to save the cost of [[connector]]s to other boards.
-So the motherboard will contain the [[microprocessor]] [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]], [[Read-only memory|ROM]] used for the [[bootstrap]], the [[hardware]] to drive the [[display]], etc.
+So the motherboard will contain the [[microprocessor]] [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]], [[Read-only memory|ROM]] used for the [[bootstrap]], the [[interface]] to the [[keyboard]], [[device controller]]s for [[secondary storage]] devices, etc.
-It will also often contain connectors for a [[bus]] for optional cards to provide extra functionality. In early PC motherboards, this included cards to connect to [[local area network]]s, etc, but much of this has now been standardized on the motherboard.
+It will also often contain connectors for a [[bus]] for optional cards to provide extra functionality. In early PC motherboards, this included cards to connect to [[local area network]]s, hold the[[hardware]] to drive the [[display]], etc, but much of this has now been standardized on the motherboard.
 There is sometimes provision for a [[daughter-card]], if all the desired functionality cannot be fitted onto the main card; such cards may be optional, or mandatory.