MPU
# MPU

MPU may refer to:

## Science and technology

* Medical-grade polyurethane, a polyurethane used in medicine; for example see Vas-occlusive contraception

### Computing

* Memory protection unit, for example in the ARM Cortex-M
* Microprocessor unit, a central processing unit when referring to digital signal processors
* MPU-401 (MIDI Processing Unit), an obsolete standard for MIDI interfaces for personal computers
* Multi-core processing unit, a system made of two or more independent cores; See History of general-purpose CPUs

## Other uses

* Mabua Airstrip (IATA code: MPU), an airport in Papua New Guinea
* Melbourne Poets Union, a forerunner of Australian Poetry and later reincarnated under the same name
* Minimum publishable unit, the smallest piece of a scientist's results that can be made into an academic paper
* Mișcarea Politică Unirea, a Moldovan political party
* Myanmar Payment Union, a Myanmar financial services corporation
* Medical-psychological assessment in Germany, called MPU for Medizinisch-Psychologische Untersuchung
