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Language:enStatus: Standard
Term: functional unit, <in information processing>
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Definition: entity of hardware or software, or both, capable of accomplishing a specified purpose

Note 1 to entry: In a computer, examples of functional units are storage devices, input-output units, processing units, data files, and programs.

Note 2 to entry: "Functional unit" is defined differently in IEV 351-56-02 and in IEV 441-13-04 for use of the term in the domains of control technology and switchgear and controlgear, respectively.


Publication date:2019-03-29
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