Why is it die CPU?

No ending, compound or meaning rule gives away the article of CPU, so learn the two together: die CPU.

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Meaning

[1] Hardware, computer science: main processor in a computer

[1] Hardware, Informatik: Hauptprozessor in einem Computer

Examples

[1] "Basically, the CPU is already dead," explains Roy Taylor, a high-ranking Nvidia manager, in an internal email to the employees of the corporate ""

[1] „"Grundsätzlich ist die CPU bereits tot", erklärt Roy Taylor, hochrangiger Nvidia-Manager, in einer internen E-Mail an die Mitarbeiter des Unternehmens.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die CPU die CPUs
Genitiv der CPU der CPUs
Dativ der CPU den CPUs
Akkusativ die CPU die CPUs

Pronunciation

In context

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