Zentraleinheit

central processing unit, CPU

noun tsen-TRAHL-ine-hyte Rare

Also means

central unit

Usage Note

Zentraleinheit (or Zentrale Verarbeitungseinheit) is the formal German term for the CPU. In practice Prozessor dominates in everyday speech, but Zentraleinheit appears in older technical documentation and academic texts.

Examples

"Die Zentraleinheit verarbeitet alle Rechenanweisungen des Computers."

Natural Translation

The central processing unit processes all the computer's computational instructions.

Literal Translation

The central-unit processes all computing-instructions of the computer.

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