"TPU" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: TPUs [plural]
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  1. (uncountable, organic chemistry) Initialism of thermoplastic polyurethane, a type of plastic. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: thermoplastic polyurethane (extra: a type of plastic) Categories (topical): Organic compounds
    Sense id: en-TPU-en-noun-jOw1QW4h Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
  2. (countable, computer hardware) Initialism of Tensor Processing Unit, a circuit optimized for neural network machine learning. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: Tensor Processing Unit (extra: a circuit optimized for neural network machine learning) Categories (topical): Computer hardware
    Sense id: en-TPU-en-noun-h27wLo0v Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Topics: computer-hardware, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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