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GPU

1 American  
[gey-pey-oo, jee-pee-yoo] / ˈgeɪˌpeɪˈu, ˈdʒiˌpiˈyu /
Or G.P.U.

abbreviation

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

GPU 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. General Postal Union. See Universal Postal Union.

GPU 3 American  

abbreviation

Computers.

  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.

GPU British  

abbreviation

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

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Etymology

Origin of GPU1

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

Origin of GPU3

First recorded in 1970–75

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