What is Processor?

[riprook7]

Hello Friends,

Please tell me what is processor.

[geoffsymons9]

A processor is the logic circuitry that responds to and processes the basic instructions that drive a computer.

[RH-Calvin]

The term processor has generally replaced the term central processing unit (CPU). The processor in a personal computer or embedded in small devices is often called a microprocessor.

[jonsemar]

Microchip implanted in a CPU's hard drive that processes instructions sent to it by the computer and software programs. Processors come in a number of sizes and are manufactured by such corporations as Intel and Advanced Micro Devices. The greater the gigahertz capacity of the processor, the quicker the computer will be able to process instructions sent to it. Some corporations have developed a dual processor, which allows one processor to process multiple instructions at the same time without slowing down performance.

[stuartspindlow]

The processor is like the human brain. The brain dictates what the computer must do or not do. In essence, the computer processor is tasked with the harmonizing the processes inside the computer.

[moria]

A processor is the logic circuitry that responds to and processes the basic instructions that drive a computer. The term processor has generally replaced the term central processing unit (CPU). The processor in a personal computer or embedded in small devices is often called a microprocessor.

[Dam Ponting]

A machine that process something i.e. CPU

[lishmalinyjames]

A processor is an integrated electronic circuit that performs the calculations that run a computer.