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CPU ↔ Hardware brain of Computer to execute Machine Code Instruction

aka CPU, Processor, Computer-Processor, Central-Processing-Unit

ALU​

Combinational CircuitDigitial circuit to perform arithmetic & bitwise operations on integer binary numbers

FPU​

CPU circuit to operate on Floating-Point numbers

VPU​

Vector Processing Unit

Thread​

sequence of Instructions (where Machine Code) executed in CPU

References​

  1. Thread ↔ sequence of Instructions (where Machine Code) executed in CPU

  2. Execution Thread ↔ Part of EC currently run in CPU Thread

  3. Assembly language ↔ Programming Language to compose CPU-arch specific Low-Level Code closer to Machine Code

  4. Main Thread ↔ Execution Thread for main App process inside CPU