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CPU

/(ˌ)siː(ˌ)piːˈjuː/ UK
/ˌsi(ˌ)piˈju/ US

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noun CPUs

abbreviation, initialism Initialism of central processing unit Dell has announced that the new XPS 13 and XPS 13 2-in-1 will be its first to feature 11th-Gen Intel CPUs and meet the Evo certification.
Any character or entity controlled by the game software.
Similar: NPC, AI, bot
slang The main computer case containing the central components of a personal computer.
abbreviation, initialism Initialism of clinical practice unit

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: mainframe, processor, central processor, eeprom, upc, uct, ucp, utilization, pcu, cus, processors, core, microprocessor, processing unit, data processor, chip

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noun central processing unit

日本語	CPU (shīpīyū)
中文	CPU, 中央處理器 /中央处理器
Português	UCP, CPU
Français	UCT, UC
Deutsch	CPU
Italiano	processore, CPU, UCE
Ελληνικά	ΚΜΕ KME
Română	UCP
Русский	ЦПУ CPU, ЦП CP
Tiếng Việt	CPU

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@misc{cpu_2026,
  title = {CPU},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cpu},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}