CPU
གཙོ་བོའི་བརྡ་འཕྲིན་སྡེ་ཚན།
Tibetan source — Also seen as སྒྲིག་གཅོད་ཆས། for “processor.”
中央处理器
CPU · གཙོ་བོའི་བརྡ་འཕྲིན་སྡེ་ཚན། · 中央处理器 · see-pee-YOO · processor · central processing unit · Hardware · hardware · performanceHardwareprocessor central processing unit/see-pee-YOO/
Also known as: processor, central processing unit
Last updated January 8, 2026
Definition
The CPU (Central Processing Unit) is the primary chip that executes program instructions — performing calculations and controlling other components.
Real-World Example
Video editing stresses the CPU (and often GPU) because each frame requires many calculations.
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