Why did they calll it motherboard?

Naer · Aug 29, 2013

why not fatherboard?

ram1009 · Aug 29, 2013

Personally, I think a more appropriate name is "main board". What complaint can you find for that?

Jaxem · Aug 29, 2013

Probably because fathers are never connected to their children by cords...

Deemo13 · Aug 29, 2013

^ brilliance

Naer · Aug 29, 2013

makes sense Jaxem

ss202sl · Aug 29, 2013

It comes from the chord ^. As in cables connected from motherboard to daughter-boards like an umbilical chord.

ram1009 · Aug 29, 2013

FYI folks, the term motherboard predates the PC.

CharlesLewisM · Feb 20, 2014

I was thinking of the motherboard having a lot of female connectors and other male connectors connecting to it.