processor
UK/ˈpɹəʊˌsɛsə(ɹ)//ˈpɹɑˌsɛsɚ/
processor noun: a person or institution who processes things (foods, photos, applications, etc.).
Noun
processor (plural processors)
- A person or institution who processes things (foods, photos, applications, etc.).
- He is a loan processor with a bank.
- A device which processes, which changes something (a computer processor, food processor, etc.).
- The food processor shredded the vegetables.
- A smartphone is not the best camera, notebook, word processor, audio recorder, radio, MP3 player, map reader, pedometer and so on, but it is good enough replace numerous separate devices for most people most of the time.2019 June 27, Jack Schofield, “What’s the best cheap tablet or e-reader for PDF files?”, in The Guardian
- A central processing unit.
- This mainframe's processor is fast.
- A microprocessor.
- This computer has two processors, but only one keyboard.
- Intel usually brings out a new generation of processors every 12-18 months, and the Core range is now in its seventh generation.2017 January 19, Jack Schofield, “How can I tell if a PC processor is any good?”, in The Guardian
- Synonyms:
- central processing unit, CPU
processor meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
processor in Hindi
- microprocessor
- प्रक्रमक prakramak
processor in Tamil
- கணிப்பி, செயலி, செயலாக்கி
processor in Marathi
- microprocessor
- प्रोसेसर prosesar
processor in Urdu
- microprocessor
- پَروسیسَر parosesar
More languagesFewer languages
- processor in Bengali
- প্রসেসর, প্রক্রিয়াকারক
- processor in Telugu
- ప్రాసెసర్, ప్రొసెసర్, ప్రోసెసర్
- processor in Malayalam
- പ്രോസസർ, പ്രോസസ്സർ, പ്രൊസസ്സർ
- processor in Kannada
- ಸಂಸ್ಕಾರಕ
- processor in Punjabi
- ਪ੍ਰੋਸੈਸਰ, ਪ੍ਰੋਸੈੱਸਰ
- processor in Gujarati
- પ્રોસેસર
- processor in Odia
- ପ୍ରସେସର, ପ୍ରସେସର୍
- processor in Nepali
- प्रोसेसर, प्रसेसर, प्रक्रमक
- processor in Arabic
- مُعَالِج muʕālij
- processor in Malay
- pemproses
- processor in Indonesian
- prosesor
- processor in Vietnamese
- bộ xử lý
Examples of processor in a sentence
- The software's registration key is platform agnostic and will work on both x86 and ARM processors.
- With memory that slow, the processor is going to spend most of its time on wait states.
- The word processor was released in a crippled demonstration version that did not allow you to save.
Synonyms of processor
Forms of processor
| plural | processors |
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Origin of processor
Recorded since 1909, from process + -or.
Words formed from processor
- agroprocessor
- bioprocessor
- coprocessor
- co-processor
- cryptoprocessor
- floating point processor
- front-end processor
- geoprocessor
- histoprocessor
- hydroprocessor
- interprocessor
- microprocessor
- multiprocessor
- multi-processor
- nanoprocessor
- neuroprocessor
- postprocessor
- preprocessor
- processor time
- single-processor
- subprocessor
- teleprocessor
- third party processor
- uniprocessor
Phrases with processor
Questions about processor
- What does processor mean?
- Processor means a person or institution who processes things (foods, photos, applications, etc.).
- What is processor in Hindi?
- Processor in Hindi is प्रक्रमक (prakramak). See Processor meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is processor?
- Processor is a noun.
- How do you pronounce processor?
- Processor is pronounced /ˈpɹəʊˌsɛsə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of processor?
- The plural of processor is processors.
Words near processor in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: processor (page history and authors); processor (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Processor (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); processor (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); processor (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); processor (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); processor (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); processor (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); processor (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); processor (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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