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uniprocessor

uniprocessor


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  uniprocessor 
 
    (From  uni"  -  one)  A  computer  with  a  single 
  {central  processing  unit},  in  contrast  to  a  {parallel 
  processor}.  Most  {personal  computers}  are  currently  (March 
  1997)  uniprocessors.  Some  more  expensive  computers,  typically 
  {servers},  have  multiple  processors  to  provide  increased 
  {throughput}. 
 
  See  also  {symmetric  multiprocessor}  and  {massively  parallel 
  processor}. 
 
  (1997-03-23)