microprocessor
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After the breakup of the Soviet Union, it was revealed that their microprocessor technology was several generations behind ours.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2025
Lynn Conway, who died Sunday at 86, was a leader in the development of personal computers and microprocessor technology, and a symbol for generations of transgender individuals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2025
High-speed, high-capacity memory chips hold and quickly shuttle data to a computer’s microprocessor, which converts it into text, sound and images.
From New York Times ● May 16, 2024
On a parabolic flight last year, where John experienced weightlessness for the first time, he found his day-to-day, hi-tech, microprocessor prosthetic leg would need recalibrating.
From BBC ● May 8, 2024
These master-regulatory genes work by turning other genes on and off; they can be likened to circuits in a microprocessor.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Vocabulary lists containing microprocessor
Computer Science and Technology - High School
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