"CPU" meaning in English

See CPU in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /(ˌ)siː(ˌ)piːˈjuː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌsi(ˌ)piˈju/ [General-American] Audio: En-au-CPU.ogg [Australia] Forms: CPUs [plural]
enPR: sē'pē(')-yo͞oʹ Rhymes: -uː Head templates: {{en-noun}} CPU (plural CPUs)
  1. (computer hardware) Initialism of central processing unit. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: central processing unit Categories (topical): Computer hardware Translations (central processing unit): ЦП (CP) [masculine] (Bulgarian), CVE (Dutch), ĉeforgano (Esperanto), ĉefprocesoro (Esperanto), centra aparato (Esperanto), ĉefprocezilo (Esperanto), suoritin (Finnish), prosessori (Finnish), keskussuoritin (Finnish), UCT [feminine] (French), UC [feminine] (French), CPU [feminine] (German), ΚΜΕ (KME) [feminine] (Greek), processore [masculine] (Italian), CPU (shīpīyū) (Japanese), procesor [masculine] (Polish), UCP [feminine] (Portuguese), CPU [masculine] (Portuguese), UCP [feminine] (Romanian), ЦПУ (CPU) [neuter] (Russian), CPU (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-CPU-en-noun-t44DoeKF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 15 30 5 Topics: computer-hardware, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'central processing unit': 72 6 18 4
  2. (video games) Any character or entity controlled by the game software. Categories (topical): Video games Synonyms: NPC
    Sense id: en-CPU-en-noun-4b447S6Q Topics: video-games
  3. (computing, slang) The main computer case containing the central components of a personal computer. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-CPU-en-noun-i8vu9p-x Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  4. (nursing education) Initialism of clinical practice unit. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: clinical practice unit
    Sense id: en-CPU-en-noun-X-oqpgOw
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: CPUID Related terms: DSP, ASIC

Inflected forms

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