CPU

See also: cpu

English

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /(ˌ)siː(ˌ)piːˈjuː/
(General American) enPR: sē'pē(')-yo͞oʹ, IPA^(key): /ˌsi(ˌ)piˈju/
Audio (AU) (file)
Rhymes: -uː

Noun

CPU (plural CPUs)

(computer hardware) Initialism of central processing unit.

Related terms

FPU
GPU
PPU
MMU

Translations

Central processing unit

Dutch: CVE
Esperanto: ĉeforgano, ĉefprocesoro, centra aparato, ĉefprocezilo
Finnish: suoritin (fi), prosessori (fi), keskussuoritin (fi)
French: UCT f, UC (fr) f
Greek: ΚΜΕ f (KME)

Italian: processore (it) m
Japanese: CPU (ja) (shīpīyū)
Polish: procesor (pl) m
Portuguese: UCP (pt) f
Russian: ЦПУ (ru) n (CPU)

See also

DSP
ASIC

Noun

CPU (plural CPUs)

(video games) Any character or entity controlled by the game software.
Synonym: NPC
(slang) The main computer case containing the central components of a personal computer. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Noun

CPU (plural CPUs)

(nursing education) Clinical practice unit.

Anagrams

P.U.C., PUC, Pcu, UPC, cup

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English CPU.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) シーピーユー [shìípííyúꜜù] (Nakadaka – [5])
IPA^(key): [ɕiːpʲiːjɯ̟ᵝː]

Noun

CPU (katakana シーピーユー, rōmaji shīpīyū)

(computer hardware) a CPU

Synonyms

中 (ちゅう)央 (おう)処 (しょ)理 (り)装 (そう)置 (ち) (chūō shori sōchi)
中 (ちゅう)央 (おう)演 (えん)算 (ざん)処 (しょ)理 (り)装 (そう)置 (ち) (chūō enzan shori sōchi)

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