CPU

See also: cpu

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /(ˌ)siː(ˌ)piːˈjuː/
• (General American) enPR: sē'pē(')-yo͞oʹ, IPA^(key): /ˌsi(ˌ)piˈju/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -uː

Noun

CPU (plural CPUs)

1. (computer hardware) Initialism of central processing unit.

   Coordinate terms: FPU, GPU, TPU, PPU, MMU

2. (video games) Any character or entity controlled by the game software.

   Synonyms: NPC, AI, bot

3. (computing, slang) The main computer case containing the central components of a personal computer. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
4. (nursing education) Initialism of clinical practice unit.

Derived terms

• CPUID

Translations

central processing unit

• Bulgarian: ЦП m (CP)
• Dutch: CVE
• Esperanto: ĉeforgano, ĉefprocesoro, centra aparato, ĉefprocezilo
• Finnish: suoritin (fi), prosessori (fi), keskussuoritin (fi)
• French: UCT f, UC (fr) f
• German: CPU (de) f
• Greek: ΚΜΕ (el) f (KME)
• Italian: processore (it) m
• Japanese: CPU (ja) (shīpīyū)
• Polish: procesor (pl) m
• Portuguese: UCP (pt) f, CPU (pt) m
• Romanian: UCP f
• Russian: ЦПУ (ru) n (CPU)
• Vietnamese: CPU (vi)

See also

• DSP
• ASIC

Anagrams

• Cup, CUP, P.U.C., PUC, Pcu, UCP, UPC, cup

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English CPU.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) シーピーユ​ー [shìípííyúꜜù] (Nakadaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [ɕiːpʲiːjɯ̟ᵝː]

Noun

CPU(シーピーユー) • (shīpīyū) 

1. (computer hardware) a CPU

Synonyms

• 中(ちゅう)央(おう)処(しょ)理(り)装(そう)置(ち) (chūō shori sōchi)
• 中(ちゅう)央(おう)演(えん)算(ざん)処(しょ)理(り)装(そう)置(ち) (chūō enzan shori sōchi)

Portuguese

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from English CPU.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈse ˈpe ˈu/

Noun

CPU m (plural CPUs)

1. (computer hardware) CPU (“central processing unit”)

   Synonym: UCP

2. (computer hardware, proscribed) computer case, computer chassis, computer tower

   Synonym: gabinete