Cpu

Related Terms:

arithmetic logic unit microprocessor wintel macintel underclocking southbridge blowhole case i o bound bindless northbridge gpu uniprocessor clock hazard computer pentium nanoprocessor pournelle's law cpus microinstruction multiprocessor asic personal computer microprogram central processing unit overclock architecture branch register transputer double fault nanoinstruction underclock real mode machine instruction version lid ppu protected mode instruction set lintel dsp power wall fpu mmu microcode front side bus

Definitions:

Noun

central processing unit CPU C.P.U. central processor processor mainframe

Definition: (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"

Definition: Initialism of central processing unit.