data path

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The part of a central processing unit that stores data to be immediately operated on and performs logic and arithmetic operations on it based on signals from the control unit.

Word forms

data path data paths datapath

Etymology

From data + path.

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.