processor
[pros-es-er or, esp. British, proh-ses-]
noun
a person or thing that processes.
Computers.
- a controller, the key component of a computing device that contains the circuitry necessary to interpret and execute electrical signals fed into the device.
- a computer.
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Sometimes proc·ess·er.
Origin of processor
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“The processor that powers Aakash is more powerful than the computers we used not too long ago,” he says.
processor
noun
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processor
1909, agent noun in Latin form from process (v.). Data processor is from 1957; word processor is from 1973; food processor in the kitchen appliance sense also is from 1973.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
processor
[prŏs′ĕs′ər, prō′sĕs′-]
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