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The 46 pages that link to Central processing unit, each with the reason it gives.

• Personal computerRelated: It performs the computations that let a personal computer run applications.

• Operating systemRelated: The operating system allocates processor time and responds to processor interrupts.

• System on a chipRelated: Many SoCs include CPU cores for operating systems and general-purpose software.

• Machine codeRelated: The CPU is the processor that directly executes machine code.

• Parallel computingRelated: A CPU may provide multiple cores or instruction units for parallel work.

• Stored-program computerRelated: It fetches and executes the instructions held in memory.

• MicrocontrollerRelated: A microcontroller’s processor core executes its control program.

• Video game consoleRelated: It runs game logic and manages the console’s other hardware.

• Von Neumann architectureRelated: It executes instructions fetched from the shared memory.

• EDVACRelated: EDVAC’s arithmetic and control circuits carried out its stored instructions.

• Home video game consoleRelated: It runs game logic and schedules work across a console’s hardware.

• BIOSRelated: After reset, the CPU begins executing startup instructions supplied by firmware.

• MotherboardRelated: The motherboard’s processor socket and power delivery connect the CPU to the system.

• LaptopRelated: It performs the calculations that make a laptop’s programs run.

• Computer programRelated: The CPU carries out the instructions while a program runs.

• Desktop computerRelated: It performs the computations inside the system unit.

• Clock generatorRelated: Processor clock generators establish timing for instruction execution and internal transfers.

• Binary multiplierRelated: Integer and floating-point execution units use multiplier circuits to implement multiplication instructions.

• CoprocessorRelated: The coprocessor supplements this processor rather than replacing its general-purpose role.

• Front-side busRelated: It is one endpoint of the front-side bus.

• Gaming computerRelated: The CPU handles game logic, simulation, and tasks that feed the graphics processor.