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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