| 释义 |
uniprocessor, n. Computing.|juːnɪˈprəʊsɛsə(r)|
[f. uni- (orig. in sense 1 b) + processor n.]
Orig. attrib., designating systems containing only one processor; later also, a single processor used in this way, or each of the constituent processors of a multiprocessor.
1966Proc. AFIPS Conf. XXIX. 654/1 The identification of parallelism in programs is useful only if some advantage is gained thereby. For both uni- and multiprocessor systems there are advantages. 1976IEEE Trans. Computers XXV. 485/1 The concept of multiprogramming can be extended to a uniprocessor system as introducing sufficient overlap among concurrent processes. 1982Sci. Amer. Jan. 123/2 This system's basic uniprocessor, the processing-element module (pem), is enabled to carry out multiple processes by time-sharing the hardware assigned to the control and execution of instructions. 1985Science 26 Apr. 466/2 Multis could supplant conventional high-performance uniprocessors. 1990Gazette (STC plc) May 1/3 The launch..follows the development of a new, high-performance processor at the heart of the new systems. It is 25 per cent more powerful than any other single, or ‘uni-processor’, currently available. |