Definition of C.p.u.

1. Noun. (computer 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"


Lexicographical Neighbors of C.p.u.

C-spines
C-spining
C-suite
C-suites
C-terminal leucine protein methyltransferase
C-terminus
C.
C.A.A.F.
C.A.F.C.
C.D.
C.D. Cal.
C.D. Ill.
C.E.F.
C.F.R.
C.O.D.
C.P.U.
C.Z.
C. D. Gibson
C. E. F.
C. H. Best
C. K. Ogden
C. Northcote Parkinson
C. P. Snow
C. S. Forester
C. S. Lewis
C. Vann Woodward
C. W. Post
C. difficile
C. diphtheriae
C. psittaci

Literary usage of C.p.u.

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. 3-D Deterministic Radiation Transport Computer Programs: Features by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (1997)
"Measured parallel performance for TORT on Los Alamos National Laboratory's rho machine, an 8-CPU Cray Y/MP running UNICOS 8.0, accounted for this dependence ..."

2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1794)
"... a rirt'olu- t'on of the CPU* t i'f l.iru:en:»nci. agreed 10 on Voi'day bit. «-he" u as read; {b'ing, ..."

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