A central processing unit (CPU) is the component of a computer which performs the actual manipulation of information under the control of a running computer program (or process).
A computer may have more than one central processing unit.
Some central processing units can actually execute two processes or threads in parallel using an approach known as hyper-threading. A CPU can support the execution of multiple processes through an approach known as multi-tasking.
A central processing unit is capable of executing a computer process thread.
Synonym for processor.
Synonym for computer processor.
Singular of central processing units.
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