Question:
A central processing unit (CPU) or processor is an electronic circuit that can execute computer programs. This topic has been in use in the computer industry at least since the early 1960s (Weik ... 1961). The form, design and implementation of CPUs have changed dramatically since the earliest examples, but their fundamental operation has remained much the same.Early CPUs were custom-designed as a part of a larger, sometimes one-of-a-kind, computer. However, this costly method of designing custom CPUs for a particular application has largely given way to the development of mass-produced processors that are made for one or many purposes. This standardization trend generally began in the era of discrete transistor mainframes and minicomputers and has rapidly accelerated with the popularization of the integrated circuit (IC). The IC has allowed increasingly complex CPUs to be designed and manufactured to tolerances on the order of nanometers. Both the miniaturization and standardization of CPUs have increased the presence of these digital devices in modern life far beyond the limited application of dedicated computing machines. Modern microprocessors appear in everything from automobiles to cell phones to children's toys.
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Answer:
Any processors are computer processors, since, in order to process anything, they need the ability to compute something.I think you're talking about the central processing unit, that are found in modern PC's (some vintage computers did not use the concept).
A computer processor is a big chip that runs a program, this happens roughly by the CPU reading instructions from memory (RAM/Cache), then executing those instructions, most of which causes the CPU to write some kind of result to some part of the memory.
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It runs your programs.
The faster your cpu is, the faster your programs can run (this is limite by the speed of ram (needed to fetch new instructions, and store results) and other factors.
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