GPU

or G.P.U.

[ gey-pey-oo, jee-pee-yoo ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

abbreviation for

(in the Soviet Union) the secret-police organization (1922–23) functioning under the NKVD.

GPU

GPU

, Computers.

graphics processing unit: a secondary processor usually dedicated to performing the calculations necessary for producing computer graphics, lessening the burden on the main processor.

GPU

State Political Administration; the Soviet police and secret police from 1922 to 1923

Origin of GPU¹

From Russian G(osudárstvennoe) p(olitícheskoe) u(pravlénie) “state political directorate”

Origin of GPU²

First recorded in 1970–75

Origin of GPU¹

from Russian Gosudarstvennoye politicheskoye upravlenie

Those five million pixels suck up some serious GPU (graphics processor) time, which in turn, sucks up battery power.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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