word processing

or word-proc·ess·ing

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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

Origin of word processing

First recorded in 1970–75

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Examples from the Web for word processing

Contemporary Examples of word processing

I ended up using the Comment function in my word-processing software to house the Eric and Jen exchanges.
How I Write: Doug Dorst
Noah Charney
February 26, 2014
Instead of opening a word-processing program on our own computers, we used a browser to open Google's word processor.
Google's War on the PC
Douglas Rushkoff
July 8, 2009

Historical Examples of word processing

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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