unit
Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one.
Other meanings
A standard measure of a quantity or magnitude.
“The centimetre is a unit of length.”
A basic, self-contained component or module that performs a specific function inside a computer system.
Related words
- arithmetic logic unit
- ALU
- central processing unit
- CPU
- floating-point unit
- FPU
- graphics processing unit
- GPU
Example sentences
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This definition is adapted from “unit” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.