What is Motherboard?

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What is motherboard?

A large circuit board containing the central processing unit (CPU), expansion slot, ram slot,port and connector.

Also called main board.

Motherboard and its component

Location the component of motherboard

The function of CPU

1. Controls the operation of the computer.

2. It interpret and carries out the basic instructions that operate a computer.

The function of expansion slots

1. The socket where the circuit boards or adapter cards can be inserted into the motherboard.

2. It is a place to fit an expansion card containing the circuitry that provides some specialized capability, such as video card.

The function of expansion card

• It plug to an expansion slot.• It used to add new devices or

capabilities to a computer.

The function of RAM slot.

The slot where the computer memory, also called as RAM, placed on the computer’s motherboard.

The function of port and connector

Connection where a computer can be connected to an external device.

What is Motherboard?

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