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Meaning of GPU | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. Initialism of graphics processing unit (an electronic circuit dedicated to generating graphics and displaying images).
  2. Initialism of State Political Directorate (“the Russian secret police until 1934”).
  3. Initialism of ground power unit (a ground mobile unit that supplies electrical power to an aircraft while on the ground, without needing to power up the engines or APU).

Equivalents

Français GPU Guépéou
Italiano GPU
Русский ГПУ

Examples

““People who are investing in Nvidia infrastructure are getting returns on it right away,” Huang said last week, noting that the company’s new graphics processing units, the GPU chips that power AI, process data so efficiently that they end up saving clients money quickly. […] “Nvidia has changed the tech and global landscape as its GPUs have become the new oil and gold in the IT landscape,” Ives said Tuesday in a note to investors.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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