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Motherboard vs Microprocessor - What's the difference?

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In computer hardware terms the difference between motherboard and microprocessor

is that motherboard is the primary circuit board of a personal computer, containing the circuitry for the central processing unit, keyboard, mouse and monitor, together with slots for other devices while microprocessor is the entire CPU of a computer on a single integrated circuit (chip).

motherboard

Noun

(en noun)
  • (computer hardware) the primary circuit board of a personal computer, containing the circuitry for the central processing unit, keyboard, mouse and monitor, together with slots for other devices
  • Synonyms

    * mainboard

    See also

    * daughterboard

    microprocessor

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (computer hardware) the entire CPU of a computer on a single integrated circuit (chip).
  • * 1992 , Michael A. Miller, The 68000 Microprocessor Family: Architecture, Programming, and Applications (page 47)
  • When the microprocessor decodes the JSR opcode, it stores the operand into the TEMP register and pushes the current contents of the PC ($00 0128) onto the stack.

    See also

    * integrated circuit * microchip