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Definition 2024

central processing unit ‎(plural central processing units)

(computer hardware) The part of a computer that fetches, decodes and executes instructions; attached directly to the memory. Abbreviated: CPU.

part of a computer

Arabic: وحدَة المعالجَة المَرْكَزِيَّة f
Chinese:

Cantonese: 中央處理器, 中央处理器 ‎(zung¹ joeng¹ cyu² lei⁵ hei³), 中央處理單元, 中央处理单元 ‎(zung¹ joeng¹ cyu² lei⁵ daan¹ jyun⁴)

Mandarin: 中央處理器, 中央处理器 ‎(zhōngyāng chǔlǐqì), 中央處理單元, 中央处理单元 ‎(zhōngyāng chǔlǐ dānyuán)
Dutch: centrale verwerkingseenheid
Finnish: prosessori (fi), suoritin (fi)
French: unité centrale de traitement f, unité centrale (fr) f, processeur central m
German: Hauptprozessor m, CPU (de) f
Hungarian: processzor központi feldolgozóegység
Indonesian: unit pengolah pusat
Irish: aonad lárnach próiseála m, láraonad próiseála m
Italian: unità centrale di elaborazione
Japanese: 中央処理装置 ‎(ちゅうおうしょりそうち, chūō shori sōchi), 中央演算処理装置 ‎(ちゅうおうえんざんしょりそうち, chūō enzan shori sōchi)

Korean: 중앙 처리 장치 ‎(jung-ang cheori jangchi)
Macedonian: процесор (mk) m ‎(procesor)
Malayalam: സെൻട്രൽ പ്രൊസസിങ് യൂണിറ്റ് ‎(senṭral prosasiṅ yūṇiṟṟ)
Polish: procesor (pl) m
Portuguese: unidade central de processamento f
Russian: центра́льный проце́ссор m ‎(centrálʹnyj procéssor), центра́льное проце́ссорное устро́йство n ‎(centrálʹnoje procéssornoje ustrójstvo), ЦПУ (ru) n ‎(CPU)
Serbo-Croatian: procesor (sh) m, centralna jedinica f
Spanish: unidad central de procesamiento f
Swedish: centralprocessor
Tamil: மையச் செயற்பகுதி ‎(maiyac ceyaṟpakuti)
Thai: หน่วยประมวลผลกลาง ‎(nùay bpràmuan pŏn glaang)
Turkish: merkezi işlem birimi