A computer can have more than one CPU; this is called multiprocessing. All modern CPUs are microprocessors, meaning contained on a single chip. Some integrated circuits (ICs) can contain multiple CPUs on a single chip; those ICs are called multi-core processors. An IC containing a CPU can also contain peripheral devices, and other components of a ...
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[musician] Central processing unit is one of the Psychedelic Trance project of Samy Guediche. Samy is originally from Switzerland but later on moved to Santa Cruz, California. His former projects include Biodegradable - along with Nicolas Oesch AKA Mekkanikka, Max Peterson & Laurent Delhom, The Three Mosketeers (with Nitzan Shachaf & Roy En...
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principal part of any digital computer system, generally composed of the main memory, control unit, and arithmetic-logic unit. It constitutes the ... [9 related articles]
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1) The main 'brain' chip of a computer that performs the calculations and execution of instructions.
2) The main housing of a computer that contains the 'brain' chip as opposed to other pieces of the computer system such as keyboards, monitors, etc.
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See CPU
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The master chip in a computer that controls the execution of program instructions, arithmetic functions, and access to memory and peripherals. Abbreviated CPU, and also called the microprocessor.
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n] - (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing
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The computer chip primarily responsible for executing instructions. Normally abbreviated as CPU. See also: Computer, Microprocessor, Moore's Law, Semiconductor.
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CPU noun (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`
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Older name for the main component of a computer, the part that executes individual program instructions and controls the operation of other parts. It is now known simply as the processor or, when contained on a single integrated circuit, microprocessor
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