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@@ -1439,7 +1439,7 @@ lock protecting Python's entire object space. However, it is possible
to temporarily release this lock using the macro
\code{Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS}, and to re-acquire it using
\code{Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS}. This is common around blocking I/O
-calls, to let other threads use the CPU while waiting for the I/O to
+calls, to let other threads use the processor while waiting for the I/O to
complete. Obviously, the following function has the same problem as
the previous one: