processor

English edit

Etymology edit

Recorded since 1909, from process +‎ -or.

Pronunciation edit

(UK) enPR: prōʹ-sĕs-ə(r), IPA^(key): /ˈpɹəʊˌsɛsə(ɹ)/
(US) enPR: prŏʹ-sĕs-ər, IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɑˌsɛsɚ/
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Noun edit

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 central processing unit.
This mainframe's processor is fast.
A microprocessor.
This computer has two processors, but only one keyboard.

Synonyms edit

(microprocessor): central processing unit, CPU

Hyponyms edit

Derived terms edit

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Translations edit

device which processes

Catalan: processador m
Dutch: verwerker (nl) m
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
French: processeur (fr) m
Greek: επεξεργαστής (el) m (epexergastís)
Malay: pemproses
Maori: pūtukatuka
Polish: procesor (pl) m
Portuguese: processador (pt) m
Russian: проце́ссор (ru) m (procéssor)
Vietnamese: bộ xử lý

microprocessor

Arabic: مُعَالِج m (muʕālij)
Armenian: պրոցեսոր (hy) (procʻesor)
Belarusian: працэ́сар m (pracésar)
Bulgarian: проце́сор m (procésor)
Catalan: processador m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 處理器／处理器 (zh) (chǔlǐqì), 處理機／处理机 (chùlǐjī)
Czech: procesor (cs) m
Dutch: processor (nl) m, centrale verwerkingseenheid, CVE, CPU
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Estonian: protsessor
Finnish: suoritin (fi), prosessori (fi)
French: processeur (fr) m
Georgian: პროცესორი (ṗrocesori)
German: Prozessor (de) m
Greek: μικροεπεξεργαστής (el) m (mikroepexergastís)
Hindi: प्रक्रमक (prakramak)
Italian: processore (it) m
Japanese: プロセッサ (ja) (purosessa), 演算機 (えんざんき, enzanki)
Korean: 프로세서 (peuroseseo)
Lithuanian: procesorius (lt) m
Marathi: प्रोसेसर m (prosesar)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: prosessor m

Nynorsk: prosessor m
Polish: procesor (pl) m
Portuguese: processador (pt)
Romanian: procesor (ro) n
Russian: проце́ссор (ru) m (procéssor)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: procesor (sh) m, obradnik m
Slovak: procesor m
Spanish: procesador (es) m
Swedish: processor (sv) c
Turkish: işlemci (tr)
Ukrainian: проце́сор m (procésor)

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