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Z80, in computer science, an 8-bit microprocessor from Zilog, a company founded by former Intel engineers. The Z80 has a 16-bit address bus, yielding 64 kilobytes of addressable memory, and an 8-bit data bus. A descendant of the Intel 8080, it was the favorite processor in the days of the CP/M operating system. One of the most popular computers of the day, the Radio Shack TRS-80, is based on this chip. See also Computer.



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