1. Integrated circuit semiconductor chip that performs the bulk of the processing and controls the parts of a system
   "a microprocessor functions as the central processing unit of a microcomputer"; "a disk drive contains a microprocessor to handle the internal functions of the drive"
   - micro

Derived forms: microprocessors

Type of: chip, micro chip, microchip, microprocessor chip, silicon chip

Part of: micro, microcomputer, PC, personal computer

Encyclopedia: Microprocessor

• hook-nosed
• hook-shaped
• hookah
• Hooke
• Hooke's law
• hooked
• hooker
• Hooker's green
• Hooker's onion
• Hooker's orchid
• hookey
• hooking
• hooklet
• hooklike
• hooknose
• hooks
• hookup
• hookworm
• hookworm disease
• hooky
• hooky player
• hooligan
• hooliganism
• hoon
• hoop