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Definition of Microprocessor
1. Noun. Integrated circuit semiconductor chip that performs the bulk of the processing and controls the parts of a system. "A disk drive contains a microprocessor to handle the internal functions of the drive"
Group relationships: Microcomputer, Pc, Personal Computer
Definition of Microprocessor
1. Noun. (computer hardware) the entire CPU of a computer on a single integrated circuit (chip). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Microprocessor
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Microprocessor
Literary usage of Microprocessor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Computers and Information Technologies in Agricultural Production and edited by Karl Schneider (1998)
"This index was incorporated into software for a hand-held microprocessor to allow
onsite evaluation. These evaluations have the potential to be used to set ..."
2. A History of the Personal Computer: The People and the Technology by Roy A. Allan (2001)
"The memory addressability is 4 gigabytes and the microprocessor became available
at clock ... This was the first product application of the microprocessor. ..."
3. Mantech Project Book, 1992 (1993)
"(0 ozo cc o LU 111 METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR microprocessor CHIP SET STATEMENT
OF NEED CONTRACT NUMBER: F33«lS-85-C-5012 The data requirements for large ..."
4. Computer Models for Water-Resources Planning and Management: National Study by Ralph A. Wurbs (1997)
"IBM introduced its-based PC (Personal Computer) in 1981, followed in 1984 by the
PC AT (Personal Computer, Advanced Technology) based on the microprocessor. ..."
5. A Bibliography of the Personal Computer: The Books and Periodical Articles by Roy A. Allan (2005)
"An obscure inventor's patent may rewrite microprocessor history. ... Describes
development of 432 microprocessor. BYTE Staff. "Micro, Micro: Who Made The ..."
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