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Microprocessor
Central Processing Unit
Computer
Hardware (computer)
Input/Output
RAM
Semiconductor
1000-MHz microprocessor
8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit, and 64-bit computers
accelerator cards
access time
Altair 8800, first successful "personal" computer
component parts of microprocessors
computer architecture
computer families
coprocessors
development in the context of computer history
graphics processing unit (GPU)
instruction sets
integrated circuits
Intel microprocessors
logic elements, use of microprocessors to perform
manufacturers
microcomputers, role in the development of
motherboard, microprocessor as located on
Motorola microprocessors
pictures related to microprocessors
ports
processing capacity
smart terminal microprocessors
supercomputing, impact on
uses for microprocessors
Z80 microprocessor
Central Processing Unit
Central Processing Unit (CPU), in computer science, microscopic circuitry that serves as the main information processor in a computer. A CPU is...
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