Not at all, rather the motherboard acts as an interconnecting device. Different hardware components are centrally located on the motherboard and work together with software, to ultimately provide you with a computer experience.
The device installed under the bays of a motherboard is typically a storage drive, such as a hard disk drive (HDD) or a solid-state drive (SSD). These drives are mounted in drive bays to provide data storage for the computer. Additionally, there may be optical drives or other expansion devices depending on the motherboard's design and intended use.
The difference between software and hardware is that hardware is a physical object. Software is digital data stored on a physical [hardware] storage device. A motherboard is a circuit board, a physical object, and therefore hardware.
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A CD is a storage device.
A discrete device/component is not installed directly on the motherboard. See Discrete Graphics Card.
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location on the motherboard into which a controller card for a peripheral device is stored
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A microprocessor is plugged into a socket on a motherboard, which serves as the main circuit board of a computer or electronic device. The motherboard connects the microprocessor to other components, such as memory, storage, and input/output devices, allowing for communication and data processing. Additionally, the microprocessor is powered through the motherboard, enabling it to perform its computational tasks.
A motherboard is nor an output nor an input device. It is in the middle of these two and is a processing hardware device
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