Definition of '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"
      Synonyms: central processing unit CPU C.P.U. central processor mainframe

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