different between motherboard vs harddisk

English

Etymology

mother +? board

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m?ð??b??d/

Noun

motherboard (plural motherboards)

1. (computer hardware) 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.

Synonyms

• mainboard
• mobo (abbreviation)

Derived terms

• daughterboard
• mobo (abbreviation)

Related terms

• mothercard

Descendants

• Bengali: ?????????? (madarbor?)
• ? Dutch: moederbord (calque)
• Japanese: ?????? (maz?b?do)

Translations

Danish

Etymology

English motherboard

Noun

motherboard

1. motherboard

English

Noun

harddisk (plural harddisks)

1. Alternative form of hard disk

Czech

Alternative forms

• hard disk

Etymology

English hard disk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?a?rt d?sk]

Noun

harddisk m

1. hard disk, hard drive

   Synonym: pevný disk

Further reading

• hard disk in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

hard +? disk, from English hard disk

Noun

harddisk m (definite singular harddisken, indefinite plural harddisker, definite plural harddiskene)

1. (computing) a hard disk, or hard disc (UK)

References

• “harddisk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

hard +? disk, from English hard disk

Noun

harddisk m (definite singular harddisken, indefinite plural harddiskar, definite plural harddiskane)

1. (computing) a hard disk, or hard disc (UK)

References

• “harddisk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.