What is "stripboard"

n. 1 (label en electronics uncountable) A type of (l/en: prototyping) board characterized by a (l mul ⅒)(l mul ″) regular (l/en: rectangular) grid of holes, with wide parallel strips of copper (l/en: cladding) running in one direction all the way across one side of the board. 2 (label en electronics countable) A piece of given (l/en dimension dimensions) of such a prototyping board.

Stripboard is the generic name for a widely used type of electronics prototyping board characterized by a 0.1 inch (2.54 mm) regular (rectangular) grid of holes, with wide parallel strips of copper cladding running in one direction all the way across one side of the board. It is commonly also known by the name of the original product Veroboard, which is a trademark, in the UK, of British company Vero Technologies Ltd and Canadian company Pixel Print Ltd. In using the board, breaks are made in the tracks, usually around holes, to divide the strips into multiple electrical nodes. With care, it is possible to break between holes to allow for components that have two pin rows only one position apart such as twin row headers for IDCs.

Stripboard is not designed for surface-mount components, though it is possible to mount many such components on the track side, particularly if tracks are cut/shaped with a knife or small cutting disc in a rotary tool.