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microprocessor

microprocessor

17 4.2
A small chip inside a computer that acts like its brain
  • noun
  • /ˌmaɪkroʊˈprɒsɛsər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : microprocesador
  • The new gaming console features a powerful microprocessor that enhances graphics and performance.
  • microprocessor chip
  • microprocessor architecture
  • microprocessor system

And I started at the beginning buying a microprocessor and some other chips and assembling a very simple computer.

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Examples

  • Richard Cane had made his first fortune in microprocessors, and then used it to build a vast online retail marketplace and green technology empire.

  • What Intel has done for the microprocessor, we are gonna do for the home computer.

  • So Apple developed a really good microprocessor design team.

  • OK, so on our computer system, if we look at the lowest layer, we have this, we have our microprocessor down here, OK.

  • Each site was designed to include all the representative details of an actual microprocessor chip application.

    Academic text (1995)
  • In a few months he creates a revolutionary type of microprocessor.

  • Delay on such lines is likely to limit the achievement of even higher microprocessor clock frequencies.

    Academic text (1995)
  • And I started at the beginning buying a microprocessor and some other chips and assembling a very simple computer.

  • Indeed, Intel recently argued that the microprocessor can become the most energy efficient emission reducing device ever created.

  • Modern software algorithms and microprocessors provide more efficient wheel-slip control than past systems.

    Academic text (1995)

Synonyms

processor
vsmicroprocessor
  • Specialized
64 3.4

The central chip in a computer that runs instructions and handles data

is the integrated circuit specifically built to perform those instruction tasks
microchip
vsmicroprocessor
  • Specialized
45 3.7

A very small electronic part inside devices like phones or computers that stores and uses information

is this component when it specifically acts as the system's main processing element
CPU
vsmicroprocessor
  • Specialized
30 3.7

The main part of a computer that follows instructions to do tasks

is the integrated circuit form that contains that central processing unit
integrated circuit
vsmicroprocessor
  • Specialized
5 4.2

A small electronic chip with many connected parts that works like a complete electronic system

is that device when it is designed to serve as the central processing element
central processing unit
vsmicroprocessor
  • Specialized
1 4.2

Main chip in a computer that does most of the work and controls other parts

is the integrated circuit that implements that central processing role
central processor
vsmicroprocessor
  • Specialized
1 3.7

The main chip in a computer that does most calculations and controls other parts

is the specific integrated circuit version fulfilling that primary role
microprocessor chip
vsmicroprocessor
  • Specialized
1 4.4

A small electronic part inside a device that controls its actions and calculations

is described as that same integrated chip when it serves as the main processor

Compounds

microprocessor chip
  • Specialized
1 4.4

A small electronic part inside a device that controls its actions and calculations

How Powerful

multicore
  • Specialized
1 4.5
microprocessor
  • Specialized
17 4.2
microcontroller
  • Specialized
3 5.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

microprocessor = processor (semi-transparent) = micro + process + or

The word is built transparently from 'micro' + 'processor', but the specialized CPU sense is more technical than the base meaning alone suggests.

Etymology

Microprocessor comes from micro- meaning 'small', the same 'micro' you see in microscope, and processor from process meaning 'to work on' or 'handle'. So a microprocessor is a small device that 'works on' or 'handles' the computer's instructions.