motherboard

noun
/ˈmʌðɚˌbɔɹd/US

Etymology

Compound of mother + board. Attested since 1965.

Definitions

  1. The primary circuit board of a personal computer, containing the circuitry for the…

    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.

    • An electronics shop was selling ugly refurbished computers. They were small black and grey things with exposed motherboards and cracked cases.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at motherboard. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at motherboard. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at motherboard

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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