The terms multi-core and dual-core most commonly refer to some sort of central processing unit (CPU), but are sometimes also applied to digital signal processors (DSP) and system on a chip (SoC).
Termenii multi-core și dual-core se referă, cel mai frecvent, la o unitate centrală de procesare (CPU) dar, de asemenea si la procesoare de semnal (DSP) si system-in-a-chip (SoC).