Dual core mac mini

I just got a present for fathers day mac mini core 2 duo. System profiler says two cores, One processor. Can I install one more processor? Can someone clear that for me.
Thanks in advance
Zoran

Duel core means you have 1 processor installed which has 2 processing cores. Its basically 2 processors in one.

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