Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe part of a computer that fetches, decodes and executes instructions from memory, possibly through a cache.
More synonyms by meaning
noun(computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic وحدَة المعالجَة المَرْكَزِيَّة
- وحدَة المعالجَة المَرْكَزِيَّةpart of a computer
Bulgarian центра́лен проце́сор
- центра́лен проце́сор (centrálen procésor)part of a computer
Chinese Cantonese 中央處理器 /中央处理器, 中央處理單元 /中央处理单元
- 中央處理器 /中央处理器 (zung¹ joeng¹ cyu² lei⁵ hei³)part of a computer
- 中央處理單元 /中央处理单元 (zung¹ joeng¹ cyu² lei⁵ daan¹ jyun⁴)part of a computer
- 中央處理機 /中央处理机 (zung¹ joeng¹ cyu² lei⁵ gei¹)part of a computer
Chinese Mandarin 中央處理器 /中央处理器, 中央處理單元 /中央处理单元
- 中央處理器 /中央处理器 (zhōngyāng chǔlǐqì)part of a computer
- 中央處理單元 /中央处理单元 (zhōngyāng chǔlǐ dānyuán)part of a computer
- 中央處理機 /中央处理机 (zhōngyāng chǔlǐjī)part of a computer
Dutch centrale verwerkingseenheid
- centrale verwerkingseenheidpart of a computer
Esperanto ĉeforgano, ĉefprocesoro
- ĉeforganopart of a computer
- ĉefprocesoropart of a computer
- centra aparatopart of a computer
- ĉefprocezilopart of a computer
Finnish keskussuoritin, suoritin
- keskussuoritinpart of a computer
- suoritinpart of a computer
- prosessoripart of a computer
French unité centrale de traitement, unité centrale
- unité centrale de traitementpart of a computer
- unité centralepart of a computer
- processeur centralpart of a computer
German Hauptprozessor, CPU
- Hauptprozessorpart of a computer
- CPUpart of a computer
Hungarian processzor központi feldolgozóegység
- processzor központi feldolgozóegységpart of a computer
Icelandic miðverk
- miðverkpart of a computer
Indonesian unit pengolah pusat
- unit pengolah pusatpart of a computer
Irish aonad lárnach próiseála, láraonad próiseála
- aonad lárnach próiseálapart of a computer
- láraonad próiseálapart of a computer
Italian unità centrale di elaborazione
- unità centrale di elaborazionepart of a computer
Japanese 中央処理装置, 中央演算処理装置
- 中央処理装置 (chūō shori sōchi)part of a computer
- 中央演算処理装置 (chūō enzan shori sōchi)part of a computer
Korean 중앙 처리 장치
- 중앙 처리 장치 (jung'ang cheori jangchi)part of a computer
Polish procesor
- procesorpart of a computer
Portuguese unidade central de processamento
- unidade central de processamentopart of a computer
Russian центра́льный проце́ссор, центра́льное проце́ссорное устро́йство
- центра́льный проце́ссор (centrálʹnyj procéssor)part of a computer
- центра́льное проце́ссорное устро́йство (centrálʹnoje procéssornoje ustrójstvo)part of a computer
- ЦПУ (CPU)part of a computer
Spanish unidad central de procesamiento
- unidad central de procesamientopart of a computer
Swahili kitengo kikuu cha uchakataji
- kitengo kikuu cha uchakatajipart of a computer
Swedish centralprocessor
- centralprocessorpart of a computer
Tamil மையச் செயற்பகுதி
- மையச் செயற்பகுதி (maiyac ceyaṟpakuti)part of a computer
Thai หน่วยประมวลผลกลาง
- หน่วยประมวลผลกลาง (nùay bpràmuan pŏn glaang)part of a computer
Turkish merkezî işlem birimi
- merkezî işlem birimipart of a computer
Ukrainian центра́льний проце́сор
- центра́льний проце́сор (centrálʹnyj procésor)part of a computer
Vietnamese bộ xử lí trung tâm
- bộ xử lí trung tâmpart of a computer
Cite this entry
central processing unit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/central%20processing%20unit
“central processing unit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/central%20processing%20unit. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “central processing unit,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/central%20processing%20unit.
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