Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

central processor

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.85 in modern English

Syllables: cen-tral pro-ces-sor
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

(computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing

Example Sentences

"the CPU and the memory form the central part of a computer to which the peripherals are attached"

Synonyms

central processing unit CPU C.P.U. processor mainframe

Questions

What does central processor mean?: (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing

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