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c.p.u.

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun c.p.u. has 1 sense

c.p.u.(n = noun.artifact) central processing unit, central processor, cpu, mainframe, processor - (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing; "the CPU and the memory form the central part of a computer to which the peripherals are attached"

is a part of computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system

has parts: cpu board, mother board

is a kind of electronic equipment, computer hardware, hardware

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CIDE DICTIONARY

c.p.u., n.

The central processing unit, that part of the electronic circuitry of a computer in which the arithmetic and logical operations are performed on input data, which are thereby converted to output data; it is usually located on the mainboard, or motherboard, of a computer. The CPU and the memory form the central part of a computer to which the peripherals are attached. Most personal computers as of 1998 had only one CPU, but some computers may have more than one CPU. [WordNet 1.5]

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