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GPU

GPU is the initialism of graphics processing unit.

GPU is the initialism of ground power unit.

GPU is the initialism of gas permeance unit.

GPU is the initialism of State Political Directorate.

Meaning of graphics processing unit

Noun

graphics processing unit (plural graphics processing units)

  1. A specialized electronic circuit designed to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer intended for output to a display device.
    Synonyms:
    GPU

Forms of GPU

pluralGPUs

Origin of GPU

From Russian Государственное Политическое Управление (Gosudarstvennoje Političeskoje Upravlenije).

Questions about GPU

What is GPU the initialism of?
GPU is the initialism of graphics processing unit.

Words near GPU in the dictionary

  1. GPSed
  2. GPSes
  3. GPSing
  4. GPT
  5. GPTs
  6. GPU
  7. GPUS
  8. GPUSA
  9. GPVA
  10. GPWA
  11. GPWS

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Adapted from Wiktionary: GPU (page history and authors); graphics processing unit (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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