microprocessor

English

Etymology

micro- +‎ processor

Noun

microprocessor (plural microprocessors)

1. (computer hardware) the entire CPU of a computer on a single integrated circuit (chip).
   • 1992, Michael A. Miller, The 68000 Microprocessor Family: Architecture, Programming, and Applications (page 47)

     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.

Related terms

• nanoprocessor

Translations

the entire CPU of a computer on a chip

• Catalan: microprocessador m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 微處理機／微处理机 (mei⁴ cyu² lei⁵ gei¹), 微处理机 (mei⁴ cyu² lei⁵ gei¹), 微處理器／微处理器, 微处理器 (mei⁴ cyu² lei⁵ hei³)

  Mandarin: 微處理機／微处理机 (zh) (wēichǔlǐjī), 微处理机 (zh) (wēichǔlǐjī, wéichǔlǐjī), 微處理器／微处理器 (zh) (wēichǔlǐqì), 微处理器 (zh) (wēichǔlǐqì, wéichǔlǐqì)

• Czech: mikroprocesor m
• Finnish: mikroprosessori (fi)
• French: microprocesseur (fr) m
• Georgian: მიკროპროცესორი (miḳroṗrocesori)
• German: Mikroprozessor (de) m
• Greek: μικροεπεξεργαστής (el) m (mikroepexergastís)
• Gujarati: સૂક્ષ્મપ્રક્રમક (sūkṣmaprakramak)
• Hindi: सूक्ष्मप्रक्रमक (sūkṣmaprakramak)
• Icelandic: örgjörvi m
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• Italian: microprocessore (it) m
• Japanese: マイクロプロセッサー (maikuropurosessā)
• Korean: 마이크로프로세서 (ko) (maikeuropeuroseseo)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: mikroprosessor m

  Nynorsk: mikroprosessor m

• Polish: mikroprocesor (pl) m
• Portuguese: microprocessador (pt) m
• Romanian: microprocesor (ro) n
• Russian: микропроце́ссор (ru) m (mikroprocéssor)
• Spanish: microprocesador m
• Swedish: mikroprocessor c
• Welsh: microbrosesydd (cy)

See also

• integrated circuit
• microchip