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Computer motherboards are the foundation of all computers.  They are essentially printed circuit boards (housing the computer’s basic circuitry and vital components), into which other boards, or cards, are plugged.  They manage all transactions of data between the CPU (computer processing unit) and the peripherals. The main components that comprise industrial motherboards include the memory, the CPU, the microprocessor and coprocessors, BIOS, interconnecting circuitry, controllers, mass storage, parallel and serial ports, and expansion slots.  Other component devices and peripherals can be added to computer motherboards through its expansion slots, including the monitor screen, the keyboard, disk drives, etc.


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