information processing
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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They are driven by human information processing — knowing how to weigh news as it arrives — and by fear, greed, panic, herd mentality and other emotions.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026
Equipment purchases accounted for 0.88 points of the first quarter growth, nearly all of which came from information processing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
If it emerges from certain kinds of information processing, then advanced AI systems might someday meet the criteria.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026
One is computational functionalism, which says thinking can be fully described as abstract information processing.
From Science Daily • Dec. 24, 2025
That’s a fivefold increase in the size of the group, but a twentyfold increase in the amount of information processing needed to “know” the other members of the group.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
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