graphics processing unit

English

Noun

graphics processing unit (plural graphics processing units)

1. (computer hardware) A specialized electronic circuit designed to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer intended for output to a display device.

   Synonym: GPU

   Coordinate terms: central processing unit, dGPU, iGPU

Translations

electronic circuit for creating images

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 图形处理器 (túxíng chǔlǐ qì)

• Finnish: grafiikkasuoritin, grafiikkaprosessori, näytönohjain (fi), näyttis
• French: processeur graphique (fr) m
• German: Grafikprozessor m
• Polish: procesor graficzny m
• Swedish: grafikprocessor (sv)
• Ukrainian: графі́чний проце́сор m (hrafíčnyj procésor)

Further reading

• graphics processing unit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia