CPU C.P.U. central processing unit central processor mainframe processor electronic equipment computer hardware hardware CPU board mother board computer computing device computing machine data processor electronic computer information processing system jump to corresponding sense entry
CPU noun
1 CPUcomputer 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.
synonyms: C.P.U. , central processing unit , central processor , mainframe , processor .
Dutch: centrale verwerkingseenheid, CPU, CVE, besturingseenheid, besturingsorgaan, cpu, mainframe, processor Polish: procesor
Roget 450 :intellect ,
mind ,
understanding ,
reason ,
thinking principle ;
rationality ;
cogitative faculties ,
cognitive faculties ,
discursive faculties ,
reasoning faculties ,
intellectual faculties ;
faculties ,
senses ,
consciousness ,
observation ,
percipience ,
intelligence ,
intellection ,
intuition ,
association of ideas ,
instinct ,
conception ,
judgment ,
wits ,
parts ,
capacity ,
intellectuality ,
genius ;
brains ,
cognitive powers ,
intellectual powers ;
wit
etc.
498 ability
etc.
(skill)
698 wisdom
etc.
498 Vernunft [G.] ,
Verstand [G.] .
soul ,
spirit ,
ghost ,
inner man ,
heart ,
breast ,
bosom ,
penetralia mentis [Lat.] ,
divina particula aurae [Lat.] ,
heart's core ;
the Absolute ,
psyche ,
subliminal consciousness ,
supreme principle .
brain ,
organ of thought ,
seat of thought ;
sensorium † ,
sensory ;
head ,
headpiece ;
pate ,
noddle † ,
noggin ,
skull ,
scull ,
pericranium [Med.] ,
cerebrum ,
cranium ,
brainpan † ,
sconce ,
upper story .
[in computers] [Comp.]
central processing unit ,
CPU ;
arithmetic and logical unit ,
ALU .
[Science of mind]
metaphysics ;
psychics ,
psychology ;
ideology ;
mental philosophy ,
moral philosophy ;
philosophy of the mind ;
pneumatology † ,
phrenology ;
craniology [Med.] ,
cranioscopy [Med.] .
ideality ,
idealism ;
transcendentalism ,
spiritualism ;
immateriality
etc.
317 universal concept ,
universal conception .
metaphysician ,
psychologist
etc.
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