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(computing) A gate on x86 microprocessors restricting access to the memory beyond 1 MB.
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(computing) A computer (mechanical, electrical or other) that processes using continuously varying signals rather than digital, quantized, values.
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(computer hardware) The part of a computer that fetches, decodes and executes instructions; attached directly to the memory.
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(computing) A group of integrated circuits ("chips") that are designed to work together, and are usually marketed as a single product.
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(computing, slang) Intel
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(computing) A computer which is not a quantum computer, nor enjoys any other sort of (yet unknown) mechanism for transcending known computer science; a computer which can be modelled by a deterministic Turing machine
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Alternative spelling of coprocessor [(computer hardware) An additional microprocessor used to supplement the functionality of the central processing unit, performing tasks such as floating-point arithmetic (floating-point unit) or graphics calculations (graphics processing unit).]
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(archaic) A person who performs computations.
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(computer hardware) The science of computer design.
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A branch of engineering that deals with design and application of computers.
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A hardware component of a computer that executes the instructions that make up a program.
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(computing) The part of a central processing unit that directs its operation, converting instructions stored in memory into signals that determine the operation of the data path and other components.
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(computer hardware, informal) Clipping of coprocessor. [(computer hardware) An additional microprocessor used to supplement the functionality of the central processing unit, performing tasks such as floating-point arithmetic (floating-point unit) or graphics calculations (graphics processing unit).]
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(computer hardware) An additional microprocessor used to supplement the functionality of the central processing unit, performing tasks such as floating-point arithmetic (floating-point unit) or graphics calculations (graphics processing unit).
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(computer hardware) An individual computer processor, in the sense when several processors (called cores or CPU cores) are plugged together in one single integrated circuit to work as one (called a multi-core processor).
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(computing) A user of CP/M.
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A dedicated computer on a chip or microprocessor that carries out cryptographic operations.
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(computing) Any of several techniques for reducing the number of bits needed to represent an item of digital data, either to save storage or to use less bandwidth when transmitting it
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(computing) The part of a central processing unit that stores data to be immediately operated on and performs logic and arithmetic operations on it based on signals from the control unit.
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(international shipping) A computer.
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(computing) A computing device that processes signals that change in discrete, quantized, steps; as opposed to an analog computer.
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(electronics, technology) The use of digital processing, such as by computers or more specialized digital signal processors, to perform a wide variety of signal processing operations.
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(computing) The practice of processing or analyzing data at or near the point of data production rather than in a central processing facility requiring data transport to the central facility.
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Alternative spelling of electromechanical computer
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(computer hardware) A specialized electronic circuit designed to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer intended for output to a display device.
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(electronics) Designed to perform a specific task.
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(computing) Of total system throughput, being limited by the input/output rate, rather than by processing speed of the CPU.
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(computing) The Intel 80386 (i386) processor.
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(computer hardware) Initialism of integrated graphics processing unit (a graphics processing unit which has been built into another major system component, such as the CPU or motherboard, and typically utilises system RAM instead of having VRAM chips of its own)
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Intel Corporation, a US-based multinational corporation that is best known for designing and manufacturing microprocessors and specialized integrated circuits.
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(computing, slang, derogatory) The Intel Itanium processor.
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(computing) The first-level cache of a processor, closer to the processor than the second level cache.
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(computing) The second-level cache of a processor, farther away from the processor than the first level cache.
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(computing) The third-level cache of a processor, farther away from the processor than the second level cache.
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(computing) The computing environment of the Linux operating system running on an Intel CPU; mostly in a server.
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(computing, Macintosh) A motherboard.
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(computing) A system on a chip designed by Apple which was introduced in 2020.
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(computing) A system on a chip designed by Apple which was introduced in 2022.
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(computing, informal) Apple–Intel architecture.
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Equipped with one or more mainframe computers.
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(computer hardware) A computer designed around a microprocessor, smaller than a minicomputer or a mainframe.
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(computing) Containing or using a microcomputer
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A computer resembling a mainframe but significantly smaller in physical size.
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(computer hardware) the entire CPU of a computer on a single integrated circuit (chip).
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(originally) An individual working for Microsoft in a low-level position.
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(computing, dated) software for a microcomputer
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(computing) A thread (typically one executed in parallel) in a microprocessor
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(computer hardware, of a processor) Combining two or more independent cores into a single package composed of a single integrated circuit
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A computer bus having all components connected in this manner.
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(computer hardware) A computer that has multiple CPUs or execution units under an integrated control.
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(computing, electronics) A microchip connected directly to the CPU (unlike the southbridge) and thus responsible for tasks that require the highest performance.
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(computing) Intel Pentium III
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(computing) A Pentium microprocessor or computer.
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CPU chip designed and manufactured by Intel, successor to the 486 chip, introduced in 1993.
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a network of such elements.
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A central processing unit.
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(computing, electronics) Computer memory, usually volatile, that stores program and data values during operation and in which each word of memory may be directly (randomly) accessed.
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(slang) computer processor
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(computing, electronics) A secondary microchip connected to the CPU only through the northbridge.
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(computing) Any computer that has a far greater processing power than others of its generation; typically they use more than one core and are housed in large clean rooms with high air flow to permit cooling. Typical uses are weather forecasting, nuclear and other natural science simulations, advanced mathematics and animations.
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(dated) A powerful microcomputer.
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An integrated circuit (also known as a chip) that integrates all or most components of a computer or other electronic system.
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An interdisciplinary field of engineering, focusing on the development, analysis and organization of complex systems.
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(computing) A data transfer rate.
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(computer hardware, of a processor) Having only one core.
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(computing) A single processor (CPU) that can work sequentially on a single task at a time.
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