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title: "What is a Microprocessor?"  
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# What is a Microprocessor?

What is a Microprocessor?

## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

- A **microprocessor** is a computer processor that combines data processing logic and control on a single integrated circuit (IC) or a small number of ICs. The arithmetic, logic, and control circuitry required to accomplish the duties of a computer's central processing unit are contained in the microprocessor.
- The integrated circuit can interpret and execute computer instructions as well as conduct math operations. The microprocessor is a digital integrated circuit that accepts binary data as input, processes it according to instructions stored in its memory, and outputs results (also in binary form).
- Microprocessors use the binary number system to represent numbers and symbols, and they use both combinational and sequential digital logic.

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