coprocessor
noun[C]
(alsoco-processor)uk/ˌkəʊˈprəʊ.ses.ər/us/ˌkoʊˈprɑː.ses.ɚ/computingspecialized
acomputerprocessor(= apartof acomputerthatperformsoperations)that can be used together with themainprocessor,especiallyto doparticulartasks:
Amathscoprocessor ishighlydesirableforlargedatasets.
Themachinealsoincludesagraphicscoprocessor.
On adevicefittedwith a co-processor, thecalculationtimeis under 1 second.
- Themicroprocessorincludesanintegratedmathscoprocessor asstandard.
- Thevideocoprocessor is used when inextendedgraphicsmode.
- Supplementalmemoryresourcescan berunon the coprocessor.
- Theproductsrequireanadditionalco-processor.
- To be anefficientserver, themainframeneedsanetworkco-processor.
Computer hardware
- 3-D printer
- beamer
- blackberry
- brick
- bubblejet
- card reader
- data projector
- gamepad
- graphics card
- hard drive
- optically
- palmtop
- parallel port
- patch
- patch intosomething
- pen drive
- phablet
- plug and play
- printer
- whiteboard