central processing unit (CPU)
Definition
In a desktop computer, the main (processor) semiconductor chip that performs most of the calculation and control functions. In a mini-computer, it consists of a circuit board and, in a mainframe, several circuit boards.
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central processing unit (CPU) is in the Computer Hardware, Software, & Security and Information Science & Technology subjects.
central processing unit (CPU) appears in the definitions of the following terms: motherboard, reduced instruction set computing (RISC), microprocessor and bus
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