Associations to the word «Microprocessor»

Wiktionary

MICROPROCESSOR, noun. (computer hardware) the entire CPU of a computer on a single integrated circuit (chip).

Dictionary definition

MICROPROCESSOR, noun. Integrated circuit semiconductor chip that performs the bulk of the processing and controls the parts of a system; "a microprocessor functions as the central processing unit of a microcomputer"; "a disk drive contains a microprocessor to handle the internal functions of the drive".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats