"GPU" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Etymology: From Russian Государственное Политическое Управление (Gosudarstvennoje Političeskoje Upravlenije). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ru|Государственное Политическое Управление}} Russian Государственное Политическое Управление (Gosudarstvennoje Političeskoje Upravlenije) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} GPU
  1. (historical) Initialism of State Political Directorate (“the Russian secret police until 1934”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism Alternative form of: State Political Directorate (extra: the Russian secret police until 1934) Translations (State Political Directorate): 格別烏 /格别乌 (Chinese Mandarin), Guépéou [feminine] (French), GPU [neuter] (Polish), ГПУ (GPU) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-GPU-en-name-NvFbsuYd Categories (other): Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 51 35 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [English]

Forms: GPUs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} GPU (plural GPUs)
  1. (computer hardware) Initialism of graphics processing unit (an electronic circuit dedicated to generating graphics and displaying images). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: graphics processing unit (extra: an electronic circuit dedicated to generating graphics and displaying images) Coordinate_terms: CPU, dGPU, iGPU, TPU
    Sense id: en-GPU-en-noun-W6JeYw2L Categories (other): Computer hardware, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 66 33 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 81 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 7 58 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 64 33 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 3 72 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 4 70 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 4 71 25 Topics: computer-hardware, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  2. (aviation) Initialism of ground power unit (a ground mobile unit that supplies electrical power to an aircraft while on the ground, without needing to power up the engines or APU). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: ground power unit (extra: a ground mobile unit that supplies electrical power to an aircraft while on the ground, without needing to power up the engines or APU)
    Sense id: en-GPU-en-noun-DKt58lf7 Categories (other): Aviation Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Spanish]

Forms: GPUs [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from English GPU. Etymology templates: {{bor+|es|en|GPU}} Borrowed from English GPU Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} GPU f (plural GPUs)
  1. (computing) GPU Tags: feminine

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