CPU

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Central Processing Unit

• The “brain” of the computer. In a PC, the CPU is contained on a single microprocessor chip and performs all logical operations to run programs and solve problems.^[1]

• The portion of a computer which performs most of the logical and arithmetic functions.^[2]

Footnotes

1. ^  Legal Electronic Document Institute, Basic Principles of Automated Litigation Support (2005).
2. ^  American Document Management, Glossary of Terms, http://www.amdoc.com/glossary.shtml.