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central processor

NOUN
central processing unit
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They integrate a central processor with the powerful graphics processing units for which the company is famous.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 22, 2026

So what exactly is the central processor in this outside-in paradigm?

From Scientific American May 31, 2022

Imagine using any object around you—a frying pan, a glass paperweight—as the central processor in a neural network, a type of artificial intelligence that loosely mimics the brain to perform complex tasks.

From Science Magazine Jan. 26, 2022

Chip designer Advanced Micro Devices, which makes central processor chips for PCs and data center servers, has also been redirecting supplies.

From Reuters Jul. 28, 2021

Term originally referring to the cabinet containing the central processor unit or `main frame' of a room-filling Stone Age batch machine.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.




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