processor

[pros-es-er or, esp. British, proh-ses-]

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noun

a person or thing that processes.
Computers.
1. a controller, the key component of a computing device that contains the circuitry necessary to interpret and execute electrical signals fed into the device.
2. a computer.
food processor.

Sometimes proc·ess·er.

Origin of processor

First recorded in 1905–10; process + -or²

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Related Words for processor

slayer, boner, skinner, processor, CPU, mainframe

Examples from the Web for processor

Contemporary Examples of processor

“The processor that powers Aakash is more powerful than the computers we used not too long ago,” he says.
DataWind Prepared $20 Tablet Computer for Indian Market
Nina Strochlic
January 30, 2013

British Dictionary definitions for processor

processor

noun

computing another name for central processing unit
a person or thing that carries out a process

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Word Origin and History for 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.

processor in Science

processor

[prŏs′ĕs′ər, prō′sĕs′-]

A part of a computer, such as the central processing unit, that performs calculations or other manipulations of data.
A program that translates another program into a form acceptable by the computer being used.