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    What is a motherboard?

    Question #59233. Asked by eytank. (Sep 07 05 9:45 AM)


    gmackematix

    		I think it's a bit of wood with electronic components attached including a microchip.
    So are there fatherboards and little babyboards?

    Sep 07 05, 10:42 AM
    gmackematix

    		Did I say wood? What decade is my mind in?

    Sep 07 05, 10:44 AM
    UT-7

    		The motherboard is the large circuit board inside your computer's case. It's sometimes called the system board, the logic board, the baseboard, or less commonly, the planar board. Everything connected to your computer system, plugs either directly or indirectly into the motherboard.
    I'm sure everyone has heard the CPU, or Central Processing Unit, referred to as the 'brain' of your computer. Well, the CPU sits on the motherboard, and if it can be called the brain of your computer then the motherboard is truly the central nervous system. The motherboard contains the CPU, the BIOS ROM chip (Basic Input/Output System), and the CMOS Setup information.


    Sep 07 05, 10:55 AM

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