FPU

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A form of floating-point unit — A microprocessor that performs floating-point arithmetic. In older models of computer the FPU was not integrated into the central processing unit, but rather as a coprocessor if included at all.

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Meanings

nounFPU (plural FPUs)

plural FPUs

  1. abbreviationinitialismcomputer hardwareInitialism of floating-point unit.
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