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Uniprocessor is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Uniprocessor in a sentence

Uniprocessor meaning

A single processor (CPU) that can work sequentially on a single task at a time.

Using Uniprocessor

  • The main meaning on this page is: A single processor (CPU) that can work sequentially on a single task at a time.
  • In the example corpus, uniprocessor often appears in combinations such as: uniprocessor systems, on uniprocessor, uniprocessor system.

Context around Uniprocessor

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 5 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

underlying 1× basic 1×

Often after:

systems 4× system 2× computer 1× variants 1× versions 1× cpu 1×

Sentence patterns with Uniprocessor

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a basic uniprocessor cpu computer 1× and a uniprocessor system served 1× as a uniprocessor system 1× available in uniprocessor versions as 1× compatible with uniprocessor variants so 1× for both uniprocessor and multiprocessor 1× loss on uniprocessor systems 1× of underlying uniprocessor computer architecture 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a four processor 1× at first more 1× athlon and core 1× busy waiting is 1× for games this 1× hardware solutions on 1×

Common sentence endings:

a context switch 1× a serial nature 1× a uniprocessor system 1× and multiprocessor systems 1× for uniprocessor systems 1× general purpose timesharing 1×

Words around Uniprocessor

Just before it in the word index:

uniport 3 unipolarity 2 unipolar 26 unipol 2 uniper 12 unipec 3

Just after it in the word index:

uniq 2 uniqlo 42 unique 9.662 uniquely 650 uniqueness 182 uniqure 16

Similar in corpus frequency:

aab 14 aamer 14 aave 14 abadan 14 abdelmadjid 14 abdulkarim 14

Corpus analysis for Uniprocessor

  • In this selection, "uniprocessor" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, underlying, basic, systems, system and computer stand out and add context to how "uniprocessor" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a basic uniprocessor cpu computer and and a uniprocessor system served. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "uniprocessor" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with uniprocessor

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Busy-waiting is effective for both uniprocessor and multiprocessor systems. (10 words)

In all cases, these systems are available in uniprocessor versions as well. (12 words)

Structure and implementation seeAlso Block diagram of a basic uniprocessor-CPU computer. (12 words)

Longer example sentences

At first, more than one program ran on a single processor, as a result of underlying uniprocessor computer architecture, and they shared scarce and limited hardware resources; consequently, the concurrency was of a serial nature. (35 words)

Athlon and Core 2 Duo multiprocessors are socket-compatible with uniprocessor variants, so an expensive dual socket motherboard is no longer needed to implement an entry-level SMP machine. (29 words)

A four processor system was maintained by the RSX-11 operating system development team for testing and a uniprocessor system served PDP-11 engineering for general purpose timesharing. (28 words)

Example sentences (11)

A four processor system was maintained by the RSX-11 operating system development team for testing and a uniprocessor system served PDP-11 engineering for general purpose timesharing.

At first, more than one program ran on a single processor, as a result of underlying uniprocessor computer architecture, and they shared scarce and limited hardware resources; consequently, the concurrency was of a serial nature.

Athlon and Core 2 Duo multiprocessors are socket-compatible with uniprocessor variants, so an expensive dual socket motherboard is no longer needed to implement an entry-level SMP machine.

Busy-waiting is effective for both uniprocessor and multiprocessor systems.

For games this is usually because writing a program to increase performance on SMP systems can produce a performance loss on uniprocessor systems.

Hardware solutions On uniprocessor systems, the simplest solution to achieve mutual exclusion is to disable interrupts during a process's critical section.

In all cases, these systems are available in uniprocessor versions as well.

On uniprocessor systems, a thread running into a locked mutex must sleep and hence trigger a context switch.

Programs running on SMP systems may experience a performance increase even when they have been written for uniprocessor systems.

Structure and implementation seeAlso Block diagram of a basic uniprocessor-CPU computer.

Systems programmers must build support for SMP into the operating system : otherwise, the additional processors remain idle and the system functions as a uniprocessor system.

Common combinations with uniprocessor

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "uniprocessor" in a sentence?
An example: "A four processor system was maintained by the RSX-11 operating system development team for testing and a uniprocessor system served PDP-11 engineering for general purpose timesharing." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "uniprocessor" from authentic English texts.
What does "uniprocessor" mean?
Uniprocessor means: A single processor (CPU) that can work sequentially on a single task at a time.
How many example sentences with "uniprocessor" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "uniprocessor", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.