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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Functional unit A subsystem of the central processing unit of a computer. E.g. arithmetic and logic unit, memory address register, barrel shifter, register file. (1995-02-10). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A functional unit may in turn have sub-systems of its own, containing smaller functional units, and so on.
For example, an aircraft may contain a navigation system, containing a gyroscope as a functional unit, which in turn may contain an embedded micro-computer, which in turn contains a microprocessor, which in turn contains an arithmetic and logic unit, which is made out of logic gates, which is made out of transistors.
See also: configuration
In computer engineering, the term "functional unit" often refers specifically to an execution unit.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Functional unit."
Crosswords: FUNCTIONAL UNIT |
| English words defined with "FUNCTIONAL UNIT": cell ♦ organ. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "FUNCTIONAL UNIT": check problem ♦ data circuit concentrator, data concentrator, data set, data store, down time ♦ element of service ♦ hard error, horizontal encoding ♦ mean time between failure, mean time between failure observed, mean time between failures, medium access unit, medium attachment unit, microcode, modulator-demodulator ♦ offline, online ♦ packet assembly/disassembly, Pipe-line, pit-pair, predicted mean time between failures, proving time ♦ recovery function ♦ system test time ♦ user manual, user-programmable, user's guide. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "FUNCTIONAL UNIT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | funktionsenhed, funktionel enhed. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | functionele eenheid, orgaan (organ). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | toimintayksikkö. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | unité fonctionnelle, organisme d'exécution. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Funktionseinheit, funktionelle Einheit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | λειτουργική μονάδα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | unit funzionale. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | unctionalfay itunay unidade funcional. (various references) unidad funcional. (various references) funktionsenhet. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-f-i-i-l-n-n-n-o-t-t-u-u" | |
-3 letters: fluctuation. | |
-4 letters: continuant, functional. | |
-5 letters: antiunion, clintonia, continual, fictional, fluctuant, incaution, inflation, inoculant, inunction, tuitional, untactful. | |
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