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Isn't a motherboard just a large PCB with sockets?
maybe i'm getting my terminology bass ackwards, but i thought PCB meant just the platform with connections between contact points, hence printed circuit board, while a motherboard is a PCB with all the components, integrated shit (BIOS, onboard graphics/audio, wifi, etc.) soldered on and ready to build
It's a situation where all MOBOs are PCBs, but not all PCBs are MOBOs.