Usually means: Hardware for arithmetic with decimals.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (floating-point unit)

noun:  (computer hardware) 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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