Pentium
/ˈpɛntɪəm/US/ˈpɛnti.əm/
Pentium noun: a CPU chip designed and manufactured by Intel, successor to the 486 chip, introduced in 1993.
Noun
Pentium (plural Pentiums)
- A CPU chip designed and manufactured by Intel, successor to the 486 chip, introduced in 1993.
- Given the usual Pentium-level processors now commonly available and the amount of memory these systems typically contain, the program we have developed can deal (optimally) with object set sizes in the lower teen’s, but even this requires the capability of Fortran90 to allocate very large arrays...1997, Lawrence Hubert, Phipps Arabie, Jacqueline Meulman, “Hierarchical clustering and the construction of (optimal) ultrametrics using Lₚ-norms”, in Yadolah Dodge, editor, L₁-Statistical Procedures...
- A computer having a Pentium processor.
Pentium meaning in Marathi
Pentium in Marathi
- chip
- पेन्टियम penṭiyam
Forms of Pentium
| plural | Pentiums |
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Origin of Pentium
From pent- (“five”) + -ium.
Questions about Pentium
- What does Pentium mean?
- Pentium means a CPU chip designed and manufactured by Intel, successor to the 486 chip, introduced in 1993.
- What is Pentium in Marathi?
- Pentium in Marathi is पेन्टियम (penṭiyam). See Pentium meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is Pentium?
- Pentium is a noun.
- How do you pronounce Pentium?
- Pentium is pronounced /ˈpɛntɪəm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of Pentium?
- The plural of Pentium is Pentiums.
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