central processing unit — Dicionário de inglês

Substantivo

1. The part of a computer that fetches, decodes and executes instructions from memory, possibly through a cache.

   Sinônimos

   CPU

Substantivo

1. (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing

   Sinônimos

   CPUC.P.U.central processorprocessormainframe

   Termos mais gerais

   electronic equipmenthardwarecomputer hardware

   Exemplos

   the CPU and the memory form the central part of a computer to which the peripherals are attached