Motherboards exemplify what is perhaps the most rigorous application of form factors. Here, form factor describes a specification that includes the overall length and width of the board, the ...

When we refer to the size of a computer or component, we might be talking about its capacity, speed or connectors. Or we could be talking about its dimensions—how much physical space it occupies on ...

As the term suggests, it’s the big circuit board that everything else plugs into. Everything has one at some level; for instance, the motherboards used in Apple Macs aren’t a standard off-the-shelf ...