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CPU

Computers.

central processing unit: the key component of a computer system, which contains the circuitry necessary to interpret and execute program instructions.

Also called central processor, microprocessor.

[Origin: 1965–70

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central processing unit
n. Abbr. CPU
The part of a computer that interprets and executes instructions.

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CPU
abbr. central processing unit

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cpu
noun
(computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing; "the CPU and the memory form the central part of a computer to which the peripherals are attached" [syn: central processing unit]

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CPU

Abbreviation of central processing unit

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CPU

An abbreviation for central processing unit. The “brain” of a computer, the CPU is where data manipulation actually takes place. The results of these manipulations are then stored in the computer memory. Microprocessors perform this function in personal computers.