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Maybe it is regional. But Ive heard mainboard used for at least 15 years or so in Germany.

Well before the whole shift in language thats going on.

I would also say "Mainboard" has been the established German word for motherboard for a long time. I almost never hear anyone call it Motherboard anymore in German (and even less the actual German word "Hauptplatine")

Even manufacturers like MSI for example use the term "Mainboard" in German [1] but "motherboard" in English [2]

[1]: https://de.msi.com/Motherboards/ [2]: https://us.msi.com/Motherboards/

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