Motherboard vs. Processor

Motherboardnoun

(computer hardware) The primary circuit board of a personal computer, containing the circuitry for the central processing unit, keyboard, mouse and monitor, together with slots for other devices.

Motherboardnoun

The board containing the main circuits of an electronic device, especially computers. The term is used primarily in microcomputer literature, where it designates the board containing the main expansion bus, and usually also the cpu. On motherboards designed with an expansion bus, often all of the circuits not contained on an expansion card are on the motherboard.

Motherboardnoun

a printed circuit board containing the principal components of a computer or other device, with connectors for other circuit boards to be slotted into.

Motherboard

A motherboard (also called mainboard, main circuit board, or mobo) 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) and memory, and provides connectors for other peripherals.

Processornoun

A person or institution who processes things (foods, photos, applications, etc.).

Processornoun

A device which processes, which changes something (a computer processor, food processor, etc.).

Processornoun

A central processing unit.

Processornoun

A microprocessor.

Processornoun

a business engaged in processing agricultural products and preparing them for market

Processornoun

someone who processes things (foods or photographs or applicants etc.)

Processornoun

(computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing; the CPU and the memory form the central part of a computer to which the peripherals are attached

Processornoun

a machine that processes something

Processornoun

another term for central processing unit