GPU

1

or G.P.U.

[ gey-pey-oo, jee-pee-yoo ]

abbreviation
  1. (in the Soviet Union) the secret-police organization (1922–23) functioning under the NKVD.

Origin of GPU

1
From Russian G(osudárstvennoe) p(olitícheskoe) u(pravlénie) “state political directorate”

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Other definitions for GPU (2 of 3)

GPU2

abbreviation
  1. General Postal Union. See Universal Postal Union.

Other definitions for GPU (3 of 3)

GPU3

abbreviationComputers.
  1. graphics processing unit: a secondary processor usually dedicated to performing the calculations necessary for producing computer graphics, lessening the burden on the main processor.

Origin of GPU

3
First recorded in 1970–75

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British Dictionary definitions for GPU

GPU

abbreviation for
  1. State Political Administration; the Soviet police and secret police from 1922 to 1923

Origin of GPU

1
from Russian Gosudarstvennoye politicheskoye upravlenie

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