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8O , microcontroller HAS memory , registers , uart adn ... and there is a microprossesor in it too .
there are timers , counters , and ... in microcontrollers , but microprossesor is only CPU .
Loosely speaking a micrcontroller is a complete computer in itself, with its own RAM, ROM, Ports etc. Where as you have to add all these (plus other things) to a microprocessor to make a computer.
BTW: Both microcontrollers as well as microprocessors have registers.
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