{"id":46297,"date":"2016-05-02T07:00:55","date_gmt":"2016-05-02T11:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uncommongoods.com\/?p=46297"},"modified":"2018-01-04T15:06:55","modified_gmt":"2018-01-04T20:06:55","slug":"uncommon-knowledge-mom-computer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/2016\/uncommon-knowledge-mom-computer\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncommon Knowledge: Is There a Mom in Your Computer?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/product\/tesla-circuit-building-set?source=blog_uk050216\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-46298 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/27218_uk050216.jpg\" alt=\"27218_uk050216\" width=\"650\" height=\"650\" \/><\/a>Sometimes, it seems like mothers aren\u2019t honored enough. Sure, mom has a special holiday, but honestly, when\u2019s the last time you called her? But if you\u2019re reading this on a computer, there\u2019s a built in tribute to motherhood right in front of you: the \u201cmotherboard.\u201d The central circuit board of your computer, the motherboard could be considered the most important piece of hardware in your CPU\u2014reason enough for reverence. How did these crucial components get their name? Why not daddy boards? The term hails from the early days of computing, when documents show the term \u201cbaby-board\u201d to describe circuitry that branched off the motherboard. In an era when mothers were widely considered the sole caregivers for children, the maternal metaphor was a natural. \u201cBaby-board\u201d soon became the more specific term \u201cdaughterboard,\u201d and this relationship infused computer architecture with a matriarchal tone that persists to this day, despite fathers\u2019 more progressive role in raising kids. So the next time your computer helps you with a tedious task or performs some amazing feat of calculation, consider giving it a loving pat and saying \u201cthanks, mom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/product\/tesla-circuit-building-set?source=blog_uk050216\" target=\"_blank\">Tesla Circuit Building Set<\/a> | $100<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes, it seems like mothers aren\u2019t honored enough. Sure, mom has a special holiday, but honestly, when\u2019s the last&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":46298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1208],"tags":[432,813],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46297"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46297"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46985,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46297\/revisions\/46985"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}