Processor - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Processor :  (noun)
1: a business engaged in processing agricultural products and preparing them for market
2: someone who processes things (foods or photographs or applicants etc.)
3: (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 [syn: central processing unit, CPU, C.P.U., central processor, mainframe]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Processor : 

central processing unit



Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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