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Processor vs Superscalar - What's the difference?

processor | superscalar |

As nouns the difference between processor and superscalar

is that processor is a person who processes things (foods, photos, applications, etc) while superscalar is a superscalar.

As an adjective superscalar is

(computing|of a cpu architecture) implementing instruction-level parallelism within a single processor, thereby allowing faster throughput than would otherwise be possible at the same clock speed.

processor

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who processes things (foods, photos, applications, etc.).
  • He is a loan processor with a bank.
  • A device which processes, which changes something. (rfex)
  • A microprocessor.
  • This computer has two processors , but only one keyboard.

    Synonyms

    * (microprocessor) central processing unit, CPU

    Derived terms

    * food processor * microprocessor * word processor

    superscalar

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (computing, of a CPU architecture) Implementing instruction-level parallelism within a single processor, thereby allowing faster throughput than would otherwise be possible at the same clock speed.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A superscalar .