CPU socket
CPU slot

CPU sockets are used in desktop and server computers.

This is also used for insulating CPU sockets when using such things as phase cooling, dice or l2n pots.

Socket 6 was a 486-generation CPU socket, a slightly modified version of the more common Socket 3.

Socket 2 was one of the series of CPU sockets into which various x86 microprocessors were inserted.

Earlier SMP systems used motherboards that have two or more CPU sockets.

Socket 1 was the second of a series of standard CPU sockets created by Intel into which various x86 microprocessors were inserted.

Socket 7 is a physical and electrical specification for an x86-style CPU socket on a personal computer motherboard.

This edition is restricted to four CPU sockets with up to sixteen cores and 16Gb of server memory.

Limited to a CPU socket with up to four cores and 2GB of server memory.

For example, they might have multiple CPU sockets, extra memory slots or special cooling features.