Motherboard vs Microprocessor - What's the difference?
motherboard | microprocessor |
(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
(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)
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
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(wikipedia motherboard)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* mainboardSee also
* daughterboardmicroprocessor
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(wikipedia microprocessor)Noun
(en noun)- 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.