Cpu

/(ˌ)siː(ˌ)piːˈjuː/ noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of central processing unit. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    "Dell has announced that the new XPS 13 and XPS 13 2-in-1 will be its first to feature 11th-Gen Intel CPUs and meet the Evo certification."

  2. 2
    (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing wordnet
  3. 3
    Any character or entity controlled by the game software.
  4. 4
    The main computer case containing the central components of a personal computer. slang
  5. 5
    Initialism of clinical practice unit. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

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central processorprocessorc.p.u.central processing unitcomputational unitcomputer processor

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"The new Tatoeba website will use a home-made "hyper" database, a "made-from-scratch" search engine, and will run on a tatoebux-OS server with a tatoetel CPU made entirely out of tatoebium."

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