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CIRCUIT BOARD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does circuit board mean?
• CIRCUIT BOARD (noun)
The noun CIRCUIT BOARD has 1 sense:
1. a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities
Familiarity information: CIRCUIT BOARD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
add-in; board; card; circuit board; circuit card; plug-in
Hypernyms ("circuit board" is a kind of...):
printed circuit (computer circuit consisting of an electronic sub-assembly; copper conductors are laminated on an insulating board or card and circuit components are inserted into holes and dip soldered)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "circuit board"):
CPU board; mother board (the main circuit board for a computer)
PC board (a removable circuit board for a personal computer; fits into a slot in the mother board)
Context examples
The circuit board that contains most of the processor units.
(Logic Board Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)
The main circuit board housing the central processing unit.
(Central Processing Unit Board Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)
A circuit board with connectors into which other cards are plugged.
(Backplane Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)
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