"GPU" meaning in English

See GPU in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} GPU
  1. (historical) Initialism of State Political Directorate (Государственное Политическое Управление, Gosudarstvennoye Politicheskoye Upravlenie). (the Russian secret police until 1934) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism Alternative form of: State Political Directorate (extra: (Государственное Политическое Управление, Gosudarstvennoye Politicheskoye Upravlenie). (the Russian secret police until 1934)) Translations (State Political Directorate): 格柏烏 (Chinese Mandarin), 格柏乌 (Gébówū) (Chinese Mandarin), Guépéou [feminine] (French), ГПУ (GPU) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-GPU-en-name-0xmNIng8

Noun

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) Categories (topical): Computer hardware
    Sense id: en-GPU-en-noun-W6JeYw2L Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 57 23 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) Categories (topical): Aviation
    Sense id: en-GPU-en-noun-DKt58lf7 Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Inflected forms

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