What Is A Motherboard?

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Some newbie computer users normally ask me exactly what a motherboard is. It’s quite a simple question, but when you are new to computing get the full low down on what a motherboard is, what it does and how it works can be quite difficult to take in.

In this post I will briefly explain what a motherboard is.

Firstly, think of a mothership. This may be being very geeky but also think of sci-fi films. Think of Star Trek. Think of Star Wars. What is a mothership? Well a mothership is the biggest ship, which controls every other smaller ship, and is in control of everything.

Well that is what a motherboard does. Remember the word mother before both board and ship. Motherboard and Mothership mean kind of the same thing, only a motherboard is in charge of computer parts, and a mothership is in control of all the smaller spaceships.

That is exactly what a motherboard is. All of the parts of a computer link to the motherboard. The motherboard connects to all of the parts of the computer, and controls them. It tells them what to do and everything that you do with your computer it registers through the motherboard.

So go on. If you forget what a motherboard is and what it does. Be really geeky, and think of Star Trek!

Do you have a better explaination of a motherboard or a way to remember it. E-mail me at dcrone*nospam*@inbox.com, or leave a comment. (remove *nospam* from e-mail address)