Emolevystä

Emolevystä is the elative form of the Finnish noun emolevy, meaning “from the motherboard.” In Finnish technical writing the word is used to indicate origin or source in relation to the motherboard, for example in phrases like Emolevystä löytyi viallinen komponentti (A faulty component was found on the motherboard).

An emolevy, or motherboard, is the main printed circuit board in a computer or other digital device. It provides the physical sockets and electrical connections for the central processing unit (CPU), memory modules, storage interfaces, and expansion cards, and it coordinates data transfer between these components. The motherboard also supplies power through connectors and contains the firmware (BIOS or UEFI) that initializes hardware during startup. The chipset on the motherboard manages communication between the CPU, memory, and peripherals.

Form factors determine a motherboard’s size and mounting configuration to fit a given computer case. The most common today are ATX, microATX and Mini-ITX, with larger E-ATX used for high-performance or workstation systems. In recent years, emolevyt have incorporated more onboard features, such as integrated audio and network codecs, multiple M.2 slots for NVMe storage, and numerous PCIe expansion lanes for graphics or other devices.

Usage of the elative form emolevystä appears mainly in Finnish sentences describing findings, components, or data derived from the motherboard. It functions as a grammatical tool to express origin rather than as a separate hardware concept.

See also: emolevy.