Microprocessor

Origin

- + processor

Full definition of microprocessor

Noun

1. (computer hardware) the entire CPU of a computer on a single integrated circuit (chip).
• 1992, Michael A. Miller, The 68000 Microprocessor Family: Architecture, Programming, and Applications (page 47)When the microprocessor decodes the JSR opcode, it stores the operand into the TEMP register and pushes the current contents of the PC ($00 0128) onto the stack.