Computer motherboard terms

Computer motherboard terms with full definitions and information on each term. Explore this list of over 110 terms like BIOS, USB, CMOS, and ATX. Navigate quickly through the list by clicking one of the letters below; for example, click 'P' to find terms like 'POST' in the 'P' section.

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Top 10 motherboard terms
Full-ATX BIOS USB Expansion slot CMOS Address bus Serial Port System panel cables POST IDE
Number
1394 header
A
ABIOS AC'97 Address bus AGP AMR ASUS Express Gate AT AT Bus AT Keyboard ATX ATX-style connector Auxiliary connector
B
Baby AT Back panel Back-side bus BAT Berg connector BIOS BTX Bus
C
Chipset CMOS CNR Communication and Network Riser Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Controller
D
Data bus Daughterboard DB-9 DB-15 DB-19 DB-25 DB-37 DB-50 D-sub connector DTS DTX Dual BIOS DVMT Dynamic Video Memory Technology
E
EFI EIDE EISA ESDI Expansion slot
F
FireWire FlexATX Form factor Front-side bus FSB Full AT Full-ATX FWH
G
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H
Hard disk controller HyperSpace HyperTransport
I
I2C IDE IHA Industry Standard Architecture Input/output bus Input/output controller Intel 82371 Internal speaker I/O plate ISA ITX
J
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K
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L
L3 cache Local bus LPX
M
Main board mb MCA Memory bus microATX Mini-ATX Mini-ITX Mini PCI Mobile-ITX Motherboard
N
Nano-ITX NLX Northbridge NuBus
O
Onboard
P
P1 P4 P8 connector P9 connector PCI PCIe PCI Express PCI-X Pico-ITX Piggyback board PIIX PIIX3 PIIX4 PIIX5 POST Power On Self-Test PS/2
Q
Quartz crystal
R
Riser board RTC
S
Sandy Bridge Serial Port SIO Slot SMB SMBus Socket Socket 939 Solenoid Southbridge Standout Super I/O System bus System panel cables System panel connector
T
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U
UEFI USB USB header
V
VESA Local Bus VL Bus VMEbus VRM
W
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X
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Y
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Z
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