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microprocessor

noun

Etymology

From micro- + processor.

  1. derived from prōcessus
  2. derived from procés
  3. inherited from proces
  4. formed as processor — “process + -or”
  5. formed as microprocessor — “micro- + processor”

Definitions

  1. The entire CPU of a computer on a single integrated circuit (chip).

    • 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.
    • When you think of current microprocessors (μPs), the Intel Itanium processor with 592 million transistors may come to mind. […] Clearly today's FPGAs will not be able to implement such a top-of-the-range μP with a single FPGA.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for microprocessor. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA