Central Processing Unit (CPU)

Central Processing Unit (CPU)

Central Processing Unit (CPU)

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Is the electronic circuitry of a computer responsible for interpreting the instructions of computer programs and executing basic operations according to those instructions. The basic operations include arithmetical, logical, controlling, and input/output(I/O). The term Central Processing Unit (CPU) has been widely used in the computer industry since the early 1960s.

The CPU is composed essentially of four functional units: