word processing
or word-proc·ess·ing
noun
writing, editing, and production of documents, as letters, reports, and books, through the use of a computer program or a complete computer system designed to facilitate rapid and efficient manipulation of text. Abbreviation: WP
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Nearby words
word of mouth, word of mouth, by, word order, word painting, word picture, word processing, word processor, word salad, word square, word stress, word time
Origin of word processing
First recorded in 1970–75
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Examples from the Web for word processing
I ended up using the Comment function in my word-processing software to house the Eric and Jen exchanges.
Instead of opening a word-processing program on our own computers, we used a browser to open Google's word processor.
Word-processing is cognitively a different effort from writing with a pen or typewriter.
The Civilization of Illiteracy|Mihai Nadin
British Dictionary definitions for word processing
word processing
noun
the composition of documents using a computer system to input, edit, store, and print them
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