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(a) in the unit equatorial guinea monetary unit estonian monetary unit ethiopian monetary unit european central bank explosive unit family unit field strength unit finnish monetary unit flux density unit flux unit force per unit area force unit foreground processing fractional monetary unit free central placentation gambian monetary unit georgian monetary unit german monetary unit ghanian monetary unit greek monetary unit guatemalan monetary unit guinea-bissau monetary unit guinean monetary unit haitian monetary unit heat unit honduran monetary unit hungarian monetary unit icelandic monetary unit illumination unit imperial capacity unit indian monetary unit indonesian monetary unit inductance unit information processing information processing system integrated data processing intensive care unit iranian monetary unit iraqi monetary unit irish monetary unit israeli monetary unit italian monetary unit japanese monetary unit jordanian monetary unit kazakhstani monetary unit kenyan monetary unit kuwaiti monetary unit kyrgyzstani monetary unit language unit laotian monetary unit latvian monetary unit lebanese monetary unit lesotho monetary unit libyan monetary unit light unit linear unit linguistic unit liquid unit list processing lithuanian monetary unit luminance unit luminous flux unit luminous intensity unit macao monetary unit magnetic flux unit magnetomotive force unit malawian monetary unit malaysian monetary unit maltese monetary unit mass unit massif central mauritanian monetary unit mauritian monetary unit measuring unit metric capacity unit metric linear unit metric unit metric weight unit metrical unit mexican monetary unit military unit mineral processing moldovan monetary unit monetary unit mongolian monetary unit moroccan monetary unit mozambique monetary unit myanmar monetary unit natural language processing natural language processing application nautical linear unit naval unit neonatal intensive care unit nepalese monetary unit nicaraguan monetary unit nigerian monetary unit north korean monetary unit norwegian monetary unit omani monetary unit ore processing pain unit pakistani monetary unit panamanian monetary unit papuan monetary unit paraguayan monetary unit parallel processing paramilitary unit peruvian monetary unit philippine monetary unit polish monetary unit political unit portuguese monetary unit potential unit power unit pressure unit printing unit priority processing processing processing time qatari monetary unit quantity unit radioactivity unit real-time processing remote-access data processing resistance unit romanian monetary unit russian monetary unit rydberg unit sao thome e principe monetary unit saudi arabian monetary unit semiconductor unit serial processing seychelles monetary unit sierra leone monetary unit slovakian monetary unit social unit somalian monetary unit sound unit south african monetary unit south korean monetary unit spanish monetary unit sparrow unit speaker unit sri lankan monetary unit sudanese monetary unit surinamese monetary unit swaziland monetary unit swedish monetary unit syrian monetary unit tajikistani monetary unit tanzanian monetary unit telephone unit temperature unit thai monetary unit time unit tongan monetary unit troy unit tunisian monetary unit turkish monetary unit turkmen monetary unit ugandan monetary unit ukranian monetary unit unit unit cell unit character unit cost unit investment trust unit matrix unit of ammunition unit of measurement unit of time unit of viscosity unit trust united arab emirate monetary unit united states dry unit united states liquid unit uruguayan monetary unit uzbekistani monetary unit venezuelan monetary unit vietnamese monetary unit visual display unit volume unit wall unit weight unit western samoan monetary unit word processing word processing system work unit yemeni monetary unit yugoslavian monetary unit zairese monetary unit zambian monetary unit

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Noun central processing unit has 1 sense

• central processing unit(n = noun.artifact) c.p.u., 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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central processing unit

Intellect

N intellect, mind, understanding, reason, thinking principle, rationality, cogitative faculties, cognitive faculties, discursive faculties, reasoning faculties, intellectual faculties, faculties, senses, consciousness, observation, percipience, intelligence, intellection, intuition, association of ideas, instinct, conception, judgment, wits, parts, capacity, intellectuality, genius, brains, cognitive powers, intellectual powers, wit, ability, wisdom, Vernunft, Verstand, soul, spirit, ghost, inner man, heart, breast, bosom, penetralia mentis, divina particula aurae, heart's core, the Absolute, psyche, subliminal consciousness, supreme principle, brain, organ of thought, seat of thought, sensorium, sensory, head, headpiece, pate, noddle, noggin, skull, scull, pericranium, cerebrum, cranium, brainpan, sconce, upper story, central processing unit, CPU, arithmetic and logical unit, ALU, metaphysics, psychics, psychology, ideology, mental philosophy, moral philosophy, philosophy of the mind, pneumatology, phrenology, craniology, cranioscopy, ideality, idealism, transcendentalism, spiritualism, immateriality, universal concept, universal conception, metaphysician, psychologist, intellectual, mental, rational, subjective, metaphysical, nooscopic, spiritual, ghostly, psychical, psychological, cerebral, animastic, brainy, hyperphysical, superphysical, subconscious, subliminal, immaterial, endowed with reason, in petto, ens rationis, frons est animi janua, locos y ninos dicen la verdad, mens sola loco non exulat, my mind is my kingdom, stern men with empires in their brains, the mind, the music breathing from her face, thou living ray of intellectual Fire.

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