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COPROCESADOR [2 records]

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Record 1 2006-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computers and Calculators
DEF

A microprocessing element designed to supplement the capabilities of the primary processor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ordinateurs et calculateurs
DEF

Processeur complémentaire d'un processeur principal destiné à rendre plus efficace l'exécution d'un jeu particulier d'instructions.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Computadoras y calculadoras
DEF

Microprocesador complementario que efectúa funciones especializadas, como cálculos numéricos para operaciones matemáticas, descargando así de trabajo al microprocesador central.

OBS

coprocesador : término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 2 2006-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Informatics
DEF

Chip located in the central processing unit essentially used to process numbers and to count, which triples the speed of the computer.

CONT

Spreadsheets and CAD packages are the most common applications written to take advantage of a math coprocessor, a chip that plugs into a special socket on the motherboard.

OBS

Even if we see the word co-processor with a dash, the most usual way of writing it is coprocessor without a dash.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Informatique
DEF

Puce située à l'intérieur de l'unité centrale de traitement servant essentiellement au traitement et au calcul des nombres et qui triple la vitesse d'exécution de l'ordinateur.

CONT

Mais pour accélérer les calculs en virgule flottante, il faudra installer un coprocesseur mathématique externe (de type 387) puisqu'aucune unité spécialisée n'est intégrée au processeur.

OBS

On voit dans certains ouvrages co-processeur mathématique, mais la plupart du temps, il est écrit en un seul mot.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Informática
DEF

[...] microprocesador en una tarjeta de expansión, que provee nuevas operaciones al procesador en la unidad aritmética y lógica del sistema, capacitando a la computadora personal para ejecutar operaciones matemáticas complejas paralelamente con otras operaciones.

OBS

coprocesador matemático : término extraído del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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