(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"
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There will be a separate data bus connecting the central processing unit to memory devices. 有一条独立的数据总线将中央处理机与存储器连接起来。
A flag bit in the status register of the central processing unit, used to show a negative result from an arithmetic operation. 中央处理机的状态寄存器中的一个标志位,用来表示算术运算结果是负数。