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C.P.U.

Definitions: C.P.U.

C.P.U.

Noun

1. (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing; the CPU and the memory form the central part of a computer to which the peripherals are attached C and W n : a simple style of folk music heard mostly in the southern United States; usually played on stringed instruments C battery n : battery used to maintain the grid potential in a vacuum tube C clef n : a movable clef that puts middl.

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Specialty Definitions: C.P.U.

DomainDefinitions

Computing

CPU 1. central processing unit. 2. Occasionally used (although less and less) to refer to the system unit. (2000-08-10). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

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Crosswords: C.P.U.

Non-English Usage: "C.P.U." is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Swedish (c.p.u.).

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Modern Translations: C.P.U.

Language Translations for "C.P.U."; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

中心处理装置。. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

центральный процессор, процессор (processor). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

c.p.u.. (various references)

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Anagrams: C.P.U.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters ".-.-.-c-p-u"

-3 letters: cup.

-4 letters: up.

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Alternative Orthography: C.P.U.


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 2E 50 2E 55 2E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 00101110 01010000 00101110 01010101 00101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#46 &#80 &#46 &#85 &#46

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 002E 0050 002E 0055 002E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

371650165516

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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