processor Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a business engaged in processing agricultural products and preparing them for market
  2. noun someone who processes things (foods or photographs or applicants etc.)
  3. noun (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing
    C.P.U.; mainframe; central processor; central processing unit; CPU.
    • the CPU and the memory form the central part of a computer to which the peripherals are attached

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