Added GPU definition (#32429)

* Added GPU definition

* fix: moved image and removed acryonym, fixed spelling/punctuation

* fix: spelling
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Eraj Tob
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Expansion cards are printed circuit board that can be inserted into a computer motherboard to add functionality to a computer system via the expansion bus. It can either add capabilities, like allowing for a new type of I/O port, or upgrade existing ones, such as increasing audio quality via sound cards or increasing ethernet speed through a network card. Expansion cards are typically added to the computer by putting them in to the motherboard's available PCI-Express slots.
An example of extension cards is the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU). A GPU is a specialized electronic circuit designed to rapidly manipulate and alter memory to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer intended for output to a display device.
### Graphics Processing Unit
Modern computers come equipped with either an internal (built-in) or an external GPU. A GPU is similar to a Processor or CPU - it carries out and performs arithmetic, logic, control, and input/output (I/O) operations specified by the instructions. They are specifically catered towards graphical workloads. It is a CPU dedicated for the graphics-intensive sets of instructions, thus the name GPU.
![Nvidia Titan XP](https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/nvidia-titan-x.jpg)
### Storage
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A Printer is also an output device which print information on paper and you will get hard copy of your information.
![Printer](https://tse3.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.x182MqnHzLndMBv2unN4HwHaE8&pid=15.1&P=0&w=258&h=173)