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microprocessor

microprocessor

English

Noun

microprocessor ‎(plural microprocessors)

(computer hardware) the entire CPU of a computer on a single integrated circuit (chip).
- 1992, Michael A. Miller, The 68000 Microprocessor Family: Architecture, Programming, and Applications (page 47)
  When the microprocessor decodes the JSR opcode, it stores the operand into the TEMP register and pushes the current contents of the PC ($00 0128) onto the stack.

Related terms

nanoprocessor

Translations

the entire CPU of a computer on a chip

Catalan: microprocessador m
Chinese:

Cantonese: 微處理機, 微处理机 ‎(mei⁴ cyu² lei⁵ gei¹), 微處理器, 微处理器 ‎(mei⁴ cyu² lei⁵ hei³)

Mandarin: 微處理機 (zh), 微处理机 (zh) ‎(wēichǔlǐjī, wéichǔlǐjī), 微處理器 (zh), 微处理器 (zh) ‎(wēichǔlǐqì, wéichǔlǐqì)
Czech: mikroprocesor m
Finnish: mikroprosessori (fi)
French: microprocesseur (fr) m
German: Mikroprozessor (de) m
Greek: μικροεπεξεργαστής m ‎(mikroepexergastís)

Italian: microprocessore (it) m
Japanese: マイクロプロセッサー ‎(maikuropurosessā)
Korean: 마이크로프로세서 (ko) ‎(maikeuropeuroseseo)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: mikroprosessor m

Nynorsk: mikroprosessor m
Polish: mikroprocesor m
Portuguese: microprocessador (pt) m
Romanian: microprocesor (ro) n
Russian: микропроце́ссор (ru) m ‎(mikroprocéssor)
Spanish: microprocesador m
Swedish: mikroprocessor c
Welsh: microbrosesydd (cy)

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