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Today, often mistaken for the entire computer, case and all. CPU is NOT the entire computer but is the Central Processing Unit. It is the brain of computer executing tasks and telling the other components what to do. Mainly manufactured by AMD and Intel. the speed of the processor is measured in GHZ or MHZ (Gigahertz & Megahertz) for now anyway. I recently upgraded my computers CPU from and AMD 2500+ (~1.8ghz)to a pentium IV 3.0 GHZ processor but I didn't notice much of a diffrence until I got some more RAM.
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| 2. | AIPU | ||
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Short for “Artificial Intelligence Processing Unit” which is currently in development by AIseek.
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| 3. | SPU | ||
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Short for “Sound Processing Unit” – sound card.
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| 4. | processor | ||
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A short way of saying "Central Processing Unit" (CPU). It is a computer term to define the hardware that allows you to run applications "A computer will not run without a processor"
"Wow, I just upgraded my processor so I can run programs faster!" |
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| 5. | cpu spike | ||
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When the Central Processing Unit (cpu usage) shoots up.
Such as 2% to 60%. It doesn't necessarily have to go to 100%. The computer is idle and suddenly you run a hardcore game. The CPU spikes at that instance.
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| 6. | sixpack | ||
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A computer processing unit (CPU) with six cores. The firm bought a computer with a sixpack processor.
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| 7. | SMP | ||
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Acronym for "Symmetrical Multi-Processing" A computer with more than one processing unit. I am not SMP capable before at least two cups of coffee.
by
anonymous
Feb 4, 2003
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