central processing unit
Noun
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Noun
central processing unit (plural central processing units)
- (computer hardware) The part of a computer that fetches, decodes and executes instructions; attached directly to the memory.
- Synonyms: CPU
- Coordinate term: graphics processing unit
- French: unité centrale de traitement, unité centrale, processeur central
- German: Hauptprozessor, CPU
- Italian: unità centrale di elaborazione
- Portuguese: unidade central de processamento
- Russian: центральный процессор
- Spanish: unidad central de procesamiento
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