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GPU en · NOUN · etymology 1

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of graphics processing unit (an electronic circuit dedicated to generating graphics and displaying images).
   alt of graphics processing unit
   • “People who are investing in Nvidia infrastructure are getting returns on it right away,” Huang said last week, noting that the company’s new graphics processing units, the GPU chips that power AI, process data so efficiently that they end up saving clients money quickly. […] “Nvidia has changed the tech and global landscape as its GPUs have become the new oil and gold in the IT landscape,” Ives said Tuesday in a note to investors. 2024 September 4, David Goldman, “Parija”, in CNN Business:
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of ground power unit (a ground mobile unit that supplies electrical power to an aircraft while on the ground, without needing to power up the engines or APU).
   alt of ground power unit
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of gas permeance unit.
   alt of gas permeance unit

Forms

Coordinates

dGPU · TPU · CPU · iGPU

GPU en · PROPN · etymology 2

Etymology

From Russian Государственное Политическое Управление (Gosudarstvennoje Političeskoje Upravlenije).

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism) Initialism of State Political Directorate (“the Russian secret police until 1934”).
   alt of State Political Directorate

Translations (4)

pl GPU (State Political Directorate) · fr Guépéou (State Political Directorate) · cmn 格別烏 /格别乌 (State Political Directorate) · ru ГПУ (State Political Directorate)