A Central Processing Unit (CPU) is a machine that can execute computer programs.

中央处理单元(CPU)是一种机器，可以执行的电脑程序。

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CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT, in a computer or digital circuit, the section containing the arithmetic and logic, control, and internal memory circuits.

中央处理器，计算机或数字电路中含有运算，逻辑，控制和内部存储电路的部分。

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Whichever method of encoding or language is chosen to operate the computer, it's based on a set of instructions that are executed by the central processing unit (CPU).

无论是采用哪种方式的编码或语言方法用来选择操作计算机，它都是基于一组由中央处理单元(CPU)执行的指令。

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The NOR type needs to be ultrafast because it is directly connected to the central processing unit of a computer and stores its basic input-output system (the operating system used by the microchip that lies beneath user-interface operating systems, such as Windows).

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Those included stored memory (the ability to hold both a stored program and data), conditional control transfer, which allowed the computer to stop and be resumed, and the central processing unit, which allowed all computer functions to be coordinated through one source.

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The application is designed to stop using the computer's central processing unit (CPU) when it is left to run in the background.

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