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processor

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[pros-es-er, proh-ses-]

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noun

a person or thing that processes.
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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.

processor

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noun

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

processor

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.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of processor¹

First recorded in 1905–10; process + -or ²

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The more powerful version of the handheld also has a bigger battery and a more powerful processor.

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He had some of the ingredients already on hand, but as he was going down the stairs to where the food processor was to make the mayonnaise, Baldwin recalled changing his mind.

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On the morning of the lunch, Ms Patterson recounted frying off some garlic, shallots and several trays of supermarket-bought mushrooms that had been finely chopped in a food processor.

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Apple is concerned that when devices are stolen, rather than being reused elsewhere they are instead being chopped up into component parts - like screens, processors and batteries - which can then be sold on for repairs.

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The new supercomputer, which can perform more than four times the number of calculations per second than its predecessor, contains 1.8m core processors.

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processive process printing

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