floating-point unit
English
Noun
floating-point unit (plural floating-point units)
- (computer hardware) A microprocessor that performs floating-point arithmetic. In older models of computer the FPU was not integrated into the central processing unit, but rather as a coprocessor if included at all.
Alternative forms
- FPU
- floating point processor
Related terms
- central processing unit
- execution unit
- coprocessor
- co-processor
Translations
computing
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