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cpu | laptop |

As a noun laptop is

laptop.

cpu

English

(wikipedia CPU) ===(en)=== (en noun)
  • (electronics, computing) central processing unit

    • Derived terms

    * CPU fan

    Related terms

    * FPU * GPU * PPU * MMU

    See also

    * DSP * ASIC

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (video games) Any character or entity controlled by the game software.
  • (slang) the main computer case containing the central components of a personal computer

    • Synonyms

    * (videogames) NPC

    Anagrams

    * * *

    laptop

    English

    (wikipedia laptop)

    Alternative forms

    * lap-top (slightly dated)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (computing) A laptop computer.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Revenge of the nerds , passage=Think of banking today and the image is of grey-suited men in towering skyscrapers. Its future, however, is being shaped in converted warehouses and funky offices in San Francisco, New York and London, where bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops , sipping lattes or munching on free food.}}

    Synonyms

    * (laptop computer) laptop computer, notebook computer

    Related terms

    * desktop * palmtop

    Derived terms

    * laptronica