What is the difference between a microcontroller and a microprocessor?

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Compare microprocessor and microcontroller


Microprocessor
Microcontroller
1)Inbuilt RAM and ROM
1)Do not have inbuilt RAM or ROM
2)Inbuilt timer
2)Doesn’t have inbuilt timer
3)I/O ports are available
3)I/O ports are not available it requires extra device such as 8155,8255 
4)It has inbuilt serial ports
4) Do not have serial ports
5)Separate Data and program memory
5)Program and data are stored in same memory
6)Many Multifunction pins on the IC 
6)less multifunction Pins on IC.

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