central processing unit
Example Sentences
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The PC is equipped with a central processing unit, graphics card, random-access memory and high-capacity storage — the very same equipment that multitrillion-dollar tech companies are now hoovering up to power their artificial-intelligence ambitions.
From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026
In a revolutionary breakthrough, these data-center chips no longer act independently like the central processing unit in your laptop.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 3, 2025
Over the past few years, Intel has lost ground in both the personal-computer and server central processing unit markets, largely due to sub-par chips compared to similar offerings from AMD and Arm.
From Barron's • Oct. 13, 2025
A readout of the machine's central processing unit "indicated that the escalator had stopped after a built-in safety mechanism on the comb step was triggered at the top of the escalator", he added.
From BBC • Sep. 23, 2025
Online ——— In this book, it signifies the act of being in direct communication with a remote computer's central processing unit.
From The Online World by De Presno, Odd
