[In personal computers] 'a motherboard' is the central printed circuit board (PCB) in many 'modern computers' and holds many of the crucial components of the system | providing connectors | for other peripherals | [The motherboard] is sometimes alternatively known as {the mainboard} | {system board} | or \ (on Apple computers) | "the logic board"
[Prior to the advent of the microprocessor] | 'a computer' was usually built in a card-cage case |or| mainframe with 'components' connected by a back-plane consisting of a set of 'slots' themselves {connected with wires} | in 'very old designs' {the wires} were discrete connections between "card connector pins" | but 'printed circuit boards' soon became 'the standard practice' | [The Central Processing Unit] | "memory" and "peripherals" were housed on 'individual printed circuit boards' which plugged into the back-plane|
"During the late" {1980s & 1990s} it became 'economical' to move an increasing number of peripheral functions onto the 'motherboard' | In the late 1980s | [motherboards] began to include "single ICs" [called Super I/O chips] capable of supporting a set of low-speed peripherals/ [keyboard|mouse|floppy disk drive|serial ports|and 'parallel ports'| As of the late {1990s} | many personal "computer motherboards" supported a full range of [audio|video|storage|and 'networking functions' without the need for any "expansion cards" at all "higher-end systems" for '3D gaming' and 'computer graphics' typically retained only the "graphics card" as a separate component |
The early 'pioneers' of "motherboard manufacturing" were 'Micronics' | Myles |AMI|DTK|Hauppauge|Orchid Technology|Elitegroup|DFI| and a number of "Taiwan-based manufacturers" |
"The most popular computers" such as the 'Apple II' and 'IBM PC' had published 'schematic diagrams' and other documentation which 'permitted rapid reverse-engineering' and {third-party replacement motherboards} | [Usually] intended for building new 'computers' compatible with the exemplars | many 'motherboards' offered "additional performance" [or] other features and were used to upgrade 'the manufacturer's original equipment'
The term 'mainboard' is applied to devices with 'a single board' and no additional expansions [or] capability | In modern terms this would include 'embedded systems' and 'controlling boards' in [televisions] | 'washing machines'.. etc | 'A motherboard specifically' refers to [a printed circuit board with expansion capability]
"During the late" {1980s & 1990s} it became 'economical' to move an increasing number of peripheral functions onto the 'motherboard' | In the late 1980s | [motherboards] began to include "single ICs" [called Super I/O chips] capable of supporting a set of low-speed peripherals/ [keyboard|mouse|floppy disk drive|serial ports|and 'parallel ports'| As of the late {1990s} | many personal "computer motherboards" supported a full range of [audio|video|storage|and 'networking functions' without the need for any "expansion cards" at all "higher-end systems" for '3D gaming' and 'computer graphics' typically retained only the "graphics card" as a separate component |
The early 'pioneers' of "motherboard manufacturing" were 'Micronics' | Myles |AMI|DTK|Hauppauge|Orchid Technology|Elitegroup|DFI| and a number of "Taiwan-based manufacturers" |
"The most popular computers" such as the 'Apple II' and 'IBM PC' had published 'schematic diagrams' and other documentation which 'permitted rapid reverse-engineering' and {third-party replacement motherboards} | [Usually] intended for building new 'computers' compatible with the exemplars | many 'motherboards' offered "additional performance" [or] other features and were used to upgrade 'the manufacturer's original equipment'
The term 'mainboard' is applied to devices with 'a single board' and no additional expansions [or] capability | In modern terms this would include 'embedded systems' and 'controlling boards' in [televisions] | 'washing machines'.. etc | 'A motherboard specifically' refers to [a printed circuit board with expansion capability]
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