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  • noun Plural form of mainboard.

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Examples

  • The "mainboards" that you see in the above photographs are actually heat testing platforms provided by Intel.

    VR-Zone Articles yantronic 2010

  • Which would be fine if their money didn't encourage the practice of locking your operating system out of the competitive world with proprietary chips on mainboards of machines and other over controlling behavior...

    Dojo Dev Days at Google 2008

  • Combining energy-saving processors with digital media chipsets and advanced connectivity, multimedia and networking silicon enables a broad spectrum of computing and communication platforms, including its widely acclaimed ultra compact mainboards.

    VIA OpenBook Mini-Note Reference Design 2008

  • Combining energy-saving processors with digital media chipsets and advanced connectivity, multimedia and networking silicon enables a broad spectrum of computing and communication platforms, including its widely acclaimed ultra compact mainboards.

    Archive 2008-05-01 2008

  • VIA Technologies, Inc. a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced that the Janus Wireless Project will use VIA EPIA M-Series Mini-ITX mainboards to form the hardware platform behind their WiFi Caravan's zany multi-car, 14-hour journey from Portland to San Francisco on 21st February 2003, running a full service wireless network between vehicles, with public online participation through specified access points.

    Boing Boing: February 16, 2003 - February 22, 2003 Archives 2003

  • They are building the mainboards now, and they just bought a semiconductor company to make the chips. reply

    A Modest Proposal For The Auto Industry: Stop Building Cars Michael Arrington 2005

  • APM is common in laptops and is also found in certain desktop mainboards.

    Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage John Goerzen

  • The systems are otherwise largely configurable, including a choice of mainboards, graphics cards (up to three Radeon HD 5870s) and drives (up to 2TB each).

    MacNN | The Macintosh News Network 2010

  • ASRock makes some nice mainboards for enthusiasts and gamers.

    TweakTown News RSS Feed 2010

  • - Fixed fan speed reporting for certain mainboards with IT8720 and IT8721

    Fileforum 2010

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