The Central Processing Unit (CPU), also known as CPU, is the main processing chip of a computer. This chip processes the information that the various components in the computer pass to it.

All programs and data processing are run in the CPU and all hardware components are, to some extent, controlled by it.

The brains of the PC is a central processing unit (CPU) made by Intel or AMD (Advanced Micro Devices). It stems from the Intel 8086 (x86) architecture in the IBM PC in 1981. Following is a brief ...

Access to the computer is via "dumb terminals," which send only input and receive output or "smart terminals," which add screen formatting. All data processing is performed in the central computer.