microprocessor
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microprocessor (plural microprocessors)
- (computer hardware) The entire CPU of a computer on a single integrated circuit (chip).
- 1992, Michael A. Miller, The 68000 Microprocessor Family: Architecture, Programming, and Applications, page 47:
- When the microprocessor decodes the JSR opcode, it stores the operand into the TEMP register and pushes the current contents of the PC ($00 0128) onto the stack.
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the entire CPU of a computer on a chip
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