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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.
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World English Dictionary
| CPU | |
| —abbreviation for | |
| central processing unit | |
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Word Origin & History
cpu
by 1970, abbreviation of central processing unit.
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Science Dictionary
| CPU
Abbreviation of central processing unit |
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Cultural Dictionary
CPU definition
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.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
| CPU central processing unit |
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Example sentences
How often have you seen that antivirus program chewing up the cpu cycles.
In each step of cpu evolution you describe there was no alternative to the limited capabilities of the technology of the day.
The department secretary called our equipment guy to come install some software on my cpu.
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