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1Arithmetic logic unit — schematic symbol Cascadable 8 …
2Control unit — A control unit in general is a central (or sometimes distributed but clearly distinguishable) part of the machinery that controls its operation, provided that a piece of machinery is complex and organized enough to contain any such unit. One… …
3control unit — Computers. 1. the part of a CPU that interprets the instructions in programs and directs the operation of the entire system. 2. controller (def. 5). [1960 65] * * * control unit noun (computing) The part of a central processor which interprets… …
4Control chart — One of the Seven Basic Tools of Quality First described by Walter A. Shewhart …
5Control theory — For control theory in psychology and sociology, see control theory (sociology) and Perceptual Control Theory. The concept of the feedback loop to control the dynamic behavior of the system: this is negative feedback, because the sensed value is… …
6Control system — For other uses, see Control system (disambiguation). A control system is a device, or set of devices to manage, command, direct or regulate the behavior of other devices or system. There are two common classes of control systems, with many… …
7Central processing unit — CPU redirects here. For other uses, see CPU (disambiguation). An Intel 80486DX2 CPU from above An Intel 80486DX2 from below …
8Floating-point unit — An Intel 80287 A floating point unit (FPU, colloquially a math coprocessor) is a part of a computer system specially designed to carry out operations on floating point numbers. Typical operations are addition, subtraction, multiplication,… …
9central processing unit — Computers. See CPU. Also called central processor. [1965 70] * * * ▪ computer principal part of any digital computer (computer memory) system, generally composed of the main memory, control unit, and arithmetic logic unit. It constitutes… …
10Memory management unit — This 68451 MMU could be used with the Motorola 68010 A memory management unit (MMU), sometimes called paged memory management unit (PMMU), is a computer hardware component responsible for handling accesses to memory requested by the CPU. Its… …
