Usually means: Central processing unit executes instructions.
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We found 48 dictionaries that define the word CPU:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. cpu: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. CPU: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. CPU: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. CPU: Collins English Dictionary
  5. C.P.U, CPU: Vocabulary.com
  6. CPU, Cpu, cpu: Wordnik
  7. CPU, cpu: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. CPU: Wiktionary
  9. CPU: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. CPU: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. CPU, c.p.u: Dictionary.com
  12. CPU (disambiguation), CPU, Cpu: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. C.p.u, Cpu: Rhymezone
  14. CPU: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  15. c.p.u, cpu: Free Dictionary
  16. c.p.u, cpu: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. C.P.U, CPU: Dictionary/thesaurus
  18. CPU: Merriam-Webster.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. CPU: Glossary of Binary Graphics
  2. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)

Computing (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. CPU: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. CPU: Netlingo
  3. CPU: CCI Computer
  4. CPU: Game Dictionary
  5. BABEL: Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms (No longer online)
  6. CNET Internet Glossary (No longer online)
  7. CPU: Tech Terms Computer Dictionary
  8. Webopedia (No longer online)
  9. Data Formats and Their Sugggested File Extensions (No longer online)
  10. I T Glossary (No longer online)
  11. C.P.U, CPU (computer), CPU: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. CPU (computer), CPU: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. CPU: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. CPU: Extragalactic Astronomy

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. CPU: Urban Dictionary

Tech (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. CPU: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
  2. CPU: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, CARTOGRAPHY, AND REMOTE SENSING
  3. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  4. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations (No longer online)
  5. PhotoNotes Dictionary of Film and Digital Photography (No longer online)
  6. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)
  7. RF Terms Glossary (No longer online)
  8. CPU: Web Hosting Glossary

(Note: See cpus as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (video games) Any character or entity controlled by the game software.
noun:  (computing, slang) The main computer case containing the central components of a personal computer.
noun:  (computer hardware) Initialism of central processing unit. [(computer hardware) The part of a computer that fetches, decodes and executes instructions; attached directly to the memory.]
noun:  (nursing education) Initialism of clinical practice unit.

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