WHAT IS THE PURPOSE...
of this computer component?
A MOTHERBOARD
A Computer's Motherboard is the main printed circuit board found in computers and other expandable systems. It holds many of the electronic components of the system, such as the CPU and memory, and provides connectors to other parts of the computer in its functioning.
Motherboard, as the name suggests, the board is like the "Mother" of all components on it and the computer. It has a processor, a brain, and a RAM, which makes it all better. The CPU is the processor. It also consists of the hard drive, which remembers everything and all that is saves on the Computer. It may have a fan to make the computer work faster. It is probably the most important part in the computer's functioning.