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  2. Motherboard - Wikipedia

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    Manufactured in 2012. A motherboard (also called mainboard, main circuit board, MB, base board, system board, or, in Apple computers, logic board) 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 ...

  3. Northbridge (computing) - Wikipedia

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    A typical north/southbridge layout (2007) In computing, a northbridge (also host bridge, or memory controller hub) is a microchip that comprises the core logic chipset architecture on motherboards to handle high-performance tasks, especially for older personal computers. It is connected directly to a CPU via the front-side bus (FSB), and is ...

  4. Motherboard form factor - Wikipedia

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    MicroBTX (also called uBTX) is a computer motherboard form factor. A microBTX is 10.4 × 10.5 in (264 × 267 mm) and can support up to four expansion slots. DTX backward compatible with ATX cases. Shorter variant, Mini-DTX (mDTX) of 8 × 6.7 inches (203 × 170 mm) Used in embedded systems and single-board computers.

  5. Category:Motherboard - Wikipedia

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    Motherboard. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Computer motherboards. A motherboard, also known as main board, logic board or system board, and sometimes abbreviated as mobo, is the central or primary circuit board making up a complex electronic system, such as a computer.

  6. Southbridge (computing) - Wikipedia

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    Southbridge (computing) On older personal computer motherboards, the southbridge is one of the two chips in the core logic chipset, handling many of a computer's input/output functions. The other component of the chipset is the northbridge, which generally handles onboard control tasks. A southbridge chipset handles functions such as USB, audio ...

  7. Sea captain - Wikipedia

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    A sea captain, ship's captain, captain, master, or shipmaster, is a high-grade licensed mariner who holds ultimate command and responsibility of a merchant vessel. [1] The captain is responsible for the safe and efficient operation of the ship, including its seaworthiness, safety and security, cargo operations, navigation, crew management, and legal compliance, and for the persons and cargo on ...

  8. Machinist's mate - Wikipedia

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    Specialty. Engineering / Weapons. Machinist's Mate (or MM) is a rating in the United States Navy 's engineering community. It is non-capitalised as machinist's mate when discussing the generic rating rather than as a proper noun when discussing a specific enlisted seaman (Machinist's Mate Jane Doe, MM John Doe) carrying that rating.

  9. Chipset - Wikipedia

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    Chipset. In a computer system, a chipset is a set of electronic components on one or more integrated circuits that manages the data flow between the processor, memory and peripherals. The chipset is usually found on the motherboard of computers. Chipsets are usually designed to work with a specific family of microprocessors.