English Explanatory Dictionary

central processing unit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The part of a computer that fetches, decodes and executes instructions from memory, possibly through a cache.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

central processing unit central processing units

Synonyms

CPU
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