central processor

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central processor - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  central processor
      n 1: (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor
           chip) that does most of the data processing; "the CPU and
           the memory form the central part of a computer to which the
           peripherals are attached" [syn: central processing unit,
           CPU, C.P.U., central processor, processor,
           mainframe]