microprocessor

CEFRC1

/mˌaɪkroʊˈprɑsɛsər/

noun

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In plain English

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noun
The main electronic part that controls a computer or other device.
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noun
Extra detail
The entire CPU of a computer on a single integrated circuit (chip).

Examples

This computer has a Pentium microprocessor.
When the microprocessor decodes the JSR opcode, it stores the operand into the TEMP register and pushes the current contents of the PC ($00 0128) onto the stack.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

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In context

When you think of current microprocessors (μPs), the Intel Itanium processor with 592 million transistors may come to mind. […] Clearly today's FPGAs will not be able to implement such a top-of-the-range μP with a single FPGA.

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When the microprocessor decodes the JSR opcode, it stores the operand into the TEMP register and pushes the current contents of the PC ($00 0128) onto the stack.
1992, Michael A. Miller, The 68000 Microprocessor Family: Architecture, Programming, and Applications, page 47
When you think of current microprocessors (μPs), the Intel Itanium processor with 592 million transistors may come to mind. […] Clearly today's FPGAs will not be able to implement such a top-of-the-range μP with a single FPGA.
2007, Uwe Meyer-Baese, “Microprocessor Design”, in Digital Signal Processing with Field Programmable Gate Arrays, 3rd edition, Berlin: Springer Science+Business Media, →ISBN, page...

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From micro- + processor.