microprocessor

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Noun

microprocessor (plural microprocessors)

1. (computer hardware) the entire CPU of a computer on a single integrated circuit (chip).
   • 1992, Michael A. Miller, The 68000 Microprocessor Family: Architecture, Programming, and Applications (page 47)

     When the microprocessor decodes the JSR opcode, it stores the operand into the TEMP register and pushes the current contents of the PC ($00 0128) onto the stack.

Related terms

• nanoprocessor

Translations

• French: microprocesseur
• German: Mikroprozessor
• Italian: microprocessore
• Portuguese: microprocessador
• Russian: микропроце́ссор
• Spanish: microprocesador

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