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processor

pro·ces·sor

UK/ˈpɹəʊˌsɛsə(ɹ)/ US/ˈpɹɑˌsɛsɚ/ uncommon

noun

1.

a business engaged in processing agricultural products and preparing them for market

2.

someone who processes things (foods or photographs or applicants etc.)

3.

(computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing

  • “the CPU and the memory form the central part of a computer to which the peripherals are attached”
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Origin

Recorded since 1909, from process + -or.

Phrases

  • floating point processor
  • front-end processor
  • processor time
  • third party processor

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