Associations to the word «Microprocessor»

Wiktionary

MICROPROCESSOR, noun. (computer hardware) the entire CPU of a computer on a single integrated circuit (chip).

Dictionary definition

MICROPROCESSOR, noun. Integrated circuit semiconductor chip that performs the bulk of the processing and controls the parts of a system; "a microprocessor functions as the central processing unit of a microcomputer"; "a disk drive contains a microprocessor to handle the internal functions of the drive".

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke