floating-point unit

English

Noun

floating-point unit (plural floating-point units)

  1. (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

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