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English noun: processor

1. processor (group) a business engaged in processing agricultural products and preparing them for market


Broader (hypernym)business, business concern, business organisation, business organization, concern

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


Broader (hypernym)worker


Domain categoryphotography, picture taking

3. processor (artifact) (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing


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


SynonymsC.P.U., central processing unit, central processor, CPU, mainframe


Broader (hypernym)computer hardware, electronic equipment, hardware


Part holonymCPU board, mother board


Part meronymcomputer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system


Domain categorycomputer science, computing









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