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Straight from the mouth of our beloved leader, Bill:
board
Use to refer to a motherboard, system board, and similar hardware items.
Otherwise, avoid; use card instead, as in sound card or network
interface card.
(Reference: Microsoft Manual of Style, version 3.0)