English Explanatory Dictionary

GPU

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Initialism of graphics processing unit (an electronic circuit dedicated to generating graphics and displaying images).
  2. Initialism of ground power unit (a ground mobile unit that supplies electrical power to an aircraft while on the ground, without needing to power up the engines or APU).
name
  1. Initialism of State Political Directorate (“the Russian secret police until 1934”).

Word forms

GPU GPUs

Etymology

From Russian Государственное Политическое Управление (Gosudarstvennoje Političeskoje Upravlenije).

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