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Central processing unit has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
1

(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"

2

The part of a computer that fetches, decodes and executes instructions; attached directly to the memory.

See Also
fetch motherboard computer execute tight loop floating point unit coprocessor cpu time
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
electronic equipment hardware
Rhyming Words
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