A specialized processor that works alongside a main CPU to perform specific types of calculations or operations more efficiently, such as graphics or mathematical operations.
From co- (together) + processor (from Latin processus, a proceeding), describing a secondary chip that assists the primary processor.
In the 1980s, adding a math coprocessor to a computer was like adding a second brain—it could solve calculations 10 times faster, which was revolutionary when computers were doing spreadsheets.
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