Definitions for Processor
ˈprɒs ɛs ər; esp. Brit. ˈproʊ sɛs-pro·ces·sor

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. processornoun

   a business engaged in processing agricultural products and preparing them for market

2. processornoun

   someone who processes things (foods or photographs or applicants etc.)

3. central processing unit, CPU, C.P.U., central processor, processor, mainframenoun

   (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing

   "the CPU and the memory form the central part of a computer to which the peripherals are attached"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. processornoun

   A person who processes things (foods, photos, applications, etc.).

   He is a loan processor with a bank.

2. processornoun

   A device which processes, which changes something.

3. processornoun

   A computer, especially as short for a microprocessor.

   This computer has two processors, but only one keyboard.

4. Etymology: Recorded since 1909, from to process + -or

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1. processor

   A processor, also known as a microprocessor or CPU (Central Processing Unit), is the key component of a computer system that carries out most of the processing inside the computer. It interprets and performs instructions from the computer's memory, and performs arithmetic and logical operations. In essence, a processor is the brain of a computer. It plays a crucial role in data processing and information handling.

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1. processor

   A person that processes.

   Her role was a processor.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 15, 2020  

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   processor

   A type of device that processes.

   The computer processor works efficiently.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 7, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Business
   • Photography
   • Worker

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Processor' in Nouns Frequency: #1729

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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How to pronounce Processor?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Processor in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Processor in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Processor in a Sentence

1. Roy Blount, Jr.:

   The last time somebody said, 'I find I can write much better with a word processor.', I replied, 'They used to say the same thing about drugs.'

2. Doug Davis:

   We're creating compute capability in end-point devices that scale from our highest performance Xeon processor to the Quark family of products.

3. Rene Summer:

   If an SME finds it hard to find a processor that doesn't want to comply with European contract terms, there is plenty of choice.

4. Thad Peterson:

   It's a pretty sticky product, once merchants find a processor that works for them, they are unlikely to change. Merchants aren't in the business of payments, they are in the business of selling stuff.

5. Peter Kelly:

   There's a South American soy processor who wants to put on 1,500 crush spreads but hasn't been able to get it legged in, it's the kind of trade that was easy to do in the pit. But there's not a market for it on the screen.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Processor
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Processor
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Processor