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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | ALU 1. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
ALU | English | Annual labour unit | Food & Agriculture, Statistics |
ALU | Italian | Unit aritmetico-logica | Computing, Meteorology & Standards |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Intellect | Central processing unit, CPU; arithmetic and logical unit, ALU. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: ALU |
| Specialty definitions using "ALU": 64 bit ♦ Advanced RISC Machine, Alu Elements, AMD Am2901, Arithmetic and Logic Unit, Association of Lisp Users ♦ bit slice ♦ D-bus ♦ fetch-execute cycle ♦ i860, IBM 1620 ♦ machine cycle, MCP-1600, microcode, Motorola 68000, Motorola 68020 ♦ Short Interspersed Nucleotide Elements, superpipelined. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "ALU" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Chamorro (barracuda), Indonesian (pounder, rice pestle). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Idu Namma Alu (1988) | |
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| "ALU" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 81.25% of the time. "ALU" is used about 16 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 81.25% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Noun (proper) | 18.75% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 16 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "ALU" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Alu | Last name | 100 | 75,526 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "ALU": ALU architecture ♦ alu black ♦ Alu Elements ♦ Alu family ♦ Alu sequence. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "ALU": alu-family, alu-like, Alu-pcr. | |
Ending with "ALU": Alun-alu, inter-alu. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "ALU"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | Alu-sekvens (Alu family, Alu sequence), aluminiumsort (alu black). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | ALU-architectuur (ALU architecture), Alu sequentie (Alu family, Alu sequence), mengsel van aluminiumoxyde en koolstof verkregen door gloeien van bauxiet en pek of vet (alu black). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | aritmeettisloogisen yksikön rakenne (ALU architecture), Alu-sekvenssi (Alu family, Alu sequence), ALU-arkkitehtuuri (ALU architecture). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | architecture d'une unité arithmétique et logique (ALU architecture), séquence alu (Alu family, Alu sequence), noir alu (alu black). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Alu-Sequenz (Alu family, Alu sequence), Aluminiumschwarz (alu black), Rechenwerkarchitektur (ALU architecture). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μαύρο alu (alu black), αρχιτεκτονική ALU (ALU architecture), αλληλουχία alu (Alu family, Alu sequence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | architettura di unit logico-aritmetica (ALU architecture), sequenza alu (Alu family, Alu sequence), nero di allumina (alu black), nero alu (alu black). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aluay negro de alumínio (alu black). (various references) arquitectura de la unidad aritmética lógica (ALU architecture), secuencia Alu (Alu family, Alu sequence), negro de alúmina (alu black), familia Alu (Alu family, Alu sequence). (various references) arkitektur hos aritmetisk-logisk enhet (ALU architecture). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ALU": aludel, aludels, alula, alulae, alular, alum, alumin, alumina, aluminas, aluminate, aluminates, alumine, alumines, aluminic, aluminium, aluminiums, aluminize, aluminized, aluminizes, aluminizing, aluminosilicate, aluminosilicates, aluminous, alumins, aluminum, aluminums, alumna, alumnae, alumni, alumnus, alumroot, alumroots, alums, alunite, alunites. (additional references) | |
Words containing "ALU": andalusite, andalusites, baluster, balusters, balustrade, balustraded, balustrades, calumet, calumets, calumniate, calumniated, calumniates, calumniating, calumniation, calumniations, calumniator, calumniators, calumnies, calumnious, calumniously, calumny, calutron, calutrons, chalutz, chalutzim, chugalug, chugalugged, chugalugging, chugalugs, devaluate, devaluated, devaluates, devaluating, devaluation, devaluations, devalue, devalued, devalues, devaluing, disvalue, disvalued, disvalues, disvaluing, duralumin, duralumins, eigenvalue, eigenvalues, evaluate, evaluated, evaluates, evaluating. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-l-u" | |
-1 letter: al, la. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-l-u" | |
+1 letter: alum, auld, caul, dual, haul, hula, laud, luau, luna, maul, pula, saul, ulan, ulna, ulva, waul. | |
+2 letters: adult, afoul, ahull, album, algum, almud, almug, aloud, alula, alums, ampul, annul, aulic, aural, awful, babul, baulk, bubal, bulla, cauld, caulk, cauls, culpa, duals, ducal, dulia, dural, equal, fauld, fault, fugal, gault, gulag, gular, haulm, hauls, hulas, joual, jugal, jural, kulak, larum, lauan, lauds, laugh, laura, layup, lehua, luaus, luffa, lunar, lunas, lutea, mauls, miaul, mulla, mural, pilau, pupal, quail, quale, qualm, rugal, rural, sauls, sault, shaul, sulfa, sural, taluk, talus, tubal, uhlan, ulama, ulans, ulema, ulnad, ulnae, ulnar, ulnas, ulpan, ultra, ulvas, unlay, ureal, urial, usual, uveal, uvula, value, vault, vulva, wauls, yauld, yulan. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Names: Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Abbreviations 11. Acronyms 12. Derivations | 13. Anagrams 14. Bibliography |
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