Related Words for central processing unit

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cpu
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Name, Name
mainframe
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Name, Noun
processor
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Noun, Noun
microprocessor
xx/xx
Noun
core
/
Noun
hardware
/x
Noun
motherboard
/xx
Noun
memory
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Noun
controller
x/x
Noun
kernel
/x
Noun
multiprocessor
xx/xx
Noun
microcomputer
/xx/x
Noun
hard disk
//
Phrase, Noun
front end
//
Phrase, Noun
back end
//
Phrase, Noun
system
/x
Noun
execution
xx/x
Noun
computer
x/x
Noun
machine
x/
Noun
register
/xx
Noun
operating system
/xxx/x
Phrase, Noun
device
x/
Noun
software
/x
Noun
processing
/xx
Noun
programming
/xx
Noun
microcontroller
/xx/x
Noun
executable
/xxxx
Adjective
brain
/
Noun
drive
/
Noun
base unit
//x
Phrase, Noun
disk drive
//
Phrase, Noun
home computer
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
user interface
/x/xx
Phrase, Noun
informatics
xx/x
Noun
command
x/
Noun
accelerator
x/xxx
Noun
data processing
/x/xx
Phrase, Noun
supercomputer
xxx/x
Noun
computing
x/x
Noun
peripheral
x/xx
Adjective
computer science
x/x/x
Phrase, Noun
information technology
xx/xx/xx
Phrase, Noun
architecture
/xxx
Noun
hard drive
//
Phrase, Noun
storage
/x
Noun
coding
/x
Noun
segment
/x
Noun
arithmetic logic unit
xx/x/x/x
Phrase, Noun
prologue
/x
Noun
chunking
/x
Noun
structure
/x
Noun
instruction
x/x
Noun
personal computer
/xxx/x
Phrase, Noun
server
/x
Noun
memory card
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
executive
x/xx
Noun
multitasking
/xxx
Noun
engine
/x
Noun
word processing
//xx
Phrase, Noun
word
/
Noun
firmware
/x
Noun
retrieval
x/x
Noun
buffer
/x
Noun
struct
/
Noun
database
/xx
Noun
source code
//
Phrase, Noun
stepping
/x
Verb
cartridge
/x
Noun
renderer
/xx
Noun
driver
/x
Noun
view
/
Noun
accommodation
xxx/x
Noun
acquisition
xx/x
Noun
actual
/xx
Adjective, Noun
addiction
x/x
Noun
address
/x
Noun, Verb
adjudication
xxx/x
Noun
agency
/xx
Noun
aggregate
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
air
/
Noun, Verb
aircraft
/x
Noun
airframe
/x
Noun
alteration
xx/x
Noun
altering
/xx
Noun
america
x/xx
Name
amid
x/
Noun
amidst
x/
amount
x/
Noun, Verb
antenna
x/x
Noun
apartment
x/x
Noun
apparatus
xx/x
Noun
appliance
x/x
Noun
application
xx/x
Noun
approach
x/
Noun, Verb
area
/xx
Noun
assemblage
x/x
Noun
assembly
x/x
Noun
assembly line
x/x/
Phrase, Noun
assignment
x/x
Noun
autonomous
x/xx
Adjective
auxiliaries
x/xx
Adjective
backbone
/x
Noun
band
/
Noun, Verb
based
/
Verb, Adjective
basic
/x
Adjective, Noun
battalion
x/x
Noun, Verb
binds
/
Verb
bit
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bloc
/
Noun
block
/
Noun, Verb
blowing
/x
Noun
body
/x
Noun, Verb
boxing
/x
Noun
branch
/
Noun, Verb
brigade
x/
Noun, Verb
bringing
/x
Noun
building block
/x/
Phrase, Noun
bunch
/
Noun, Verb
bureau
/x
Noun
canning
/x
Noun
capacity
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
capital
/xx
Noun, Adjective
car
/
Noun
carat
/x
Noun
cardinal
/xx
Noun, Adjective
care
/
Noun, Verb
casework
/x
Noun
category
/xxx
Noun
cell
/
Noun, Verb
center
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
centrale
x/
Noun
centralised
/xx
Adjective
centrality
x/xx
Noun
centralized
/xx
Adjective
centrally
/xx
Adverb
centre
/x
Noun, Verb
centric
/x
Adjective
centrist
/x
Adjective, Noun
centrum
/x
Noun
chain
/
Noun, Verb
chalk
/
Noun, Verb
change
/
Noun, Verb
chapter
/x
Noun, Verb
checking
/x
Noun
chief
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
china
/x
Name
circle
/x
Noun, Verb
city
/x
Noun
clearinghouse
/xx
Noun
clothes
/
Noun
cluster
/x
Noun, Verb
collection
x/x
Noun
combination
xx/x
Noun
committal
x/x
Adjective, Noun
commonality
xx/xx
Noun
company
/xx
Noun, Verb
component
x/x
Noun, Adjective
compromise
/xx
Noun, Verb
computation
xx/x
Noun
comrade
/x
Noun, Verb
con
/
Noun, Verb
conceived
x/
Verb
concentrated
/xxx
Adjective
conditioning
x/xx
Noun
condo
/x
Noun
condominium
xx/xx
Noun
conduct
x/
Noun, Verb
consideration
xxx/x
Noun
contingent
x/x
Adjective, Noun
contraption
x/x
Noun
converge
x/
Verb
conversion
x/x
Noun
converted
x/x
Adjective
corporate
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
corps
/
Noun
couple
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
crew
/
Noun, Verb
critical
/xx
Adjective, Noun
crucial
/x
Adjective
crux
/
Noun
cueing
xx
Noun
curative
/xx
Adjective, Noun
cure
/
Noun, Verb
currency
/xx
Noun
dealt
/
Noun
debugger
x/x
Noun
decentralization
xxxx/x
Noun
decentralized
x/xx
Adjective
decisive
x/x
Adjective
decoding
x/x
Noun
defendant
x/x
Noun, Adjective
denomination
xxx/x
Noun
department
x/x
Noun
dependence
x/x
Noun
dependencies
x/xx
Noun
dependent
x/x
Adjective, Noun
design
x/
Noun, Verb
desk
/
Noun, Verb
detachment
x/x
Noun
determinant
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
developing
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
development
x/xx
Noun
devising
x/x
Noun
digit
/x
Noun, Verb
dis
/
Noun, Verb
discussion
x/x
Noun
dismal
/x
Adjective
dispatch
x/
Noun, Verb
disposal
x/x
Noun
disposed
x/
Adjective
disposition
xx/x
Noun, Verb
district
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
disunity
x/xx
Noun
division
x/x
Noun
dominant
/xx
Adjective, Noun
dominating
/xxx
Adjective
dosing
/x
Noun
downtown
//
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
drafting
/x
Noun
dressing
/x
Noun
duty
/x
Noun
dwelling
/x
Noun
east
/
Name, Adjective, Adverb
eastern
/x
Adjective
editing
/xx
Noun
elaborating
x/xxx
Verb