processor

See also procéssor

English

Etymology

Recorded since 1909, from to process + -or

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: prōʹ-sĕs-ə(r), IPA: /ˈpɹəʊˌsɛsə(ɹ)/, X-SAMPA: /"pr@U%sEs@(r\)/
• (US) enPR: prŏʹ-sĕs-ər, IPA: /ˈpɹɑˌsɛsə˞/, X-SAMPA: /"pr\A%sEs@`/

Noun

processor (plural processors)

1. A person who processes things (foods, photos, applications, etc.).

   He is a loan processor with a bank.

2. A device which processes, which changes something.
3. A computer, especially as short for a microprocessor.

   This computer has two processors, but only one keyboard.

Synonyms

• (microprocessor): central processing unit, CPU

Derived terms

• food processor
• microprocessor
• word processor

Related terms

• procedure
• processus

Translations

device which processes

• Dutch: verwerker (nl) m
• Malay: pemproses (ms)
• Portuguese: processador (pt) m

• Romanian: procesor (ro)
• Russian: процессор (ru) (procéssor) m

computer, especially as short for a microprocessor

• Arabic: معالج (ar) (mu3aalij) m
• Bulgarian: процесор (bg) (procésor) m
• Chinese: trad. 處理器, simpl. 处理器 (pinyin: chǔlǐqì)
• Czech: procesor (cs) m
• Dutch: processor (nl) m, centrale verwerkingseenheid (nl), CVE (nl), CPU (nl)
• Estonian: protsessor (et)
• Finnish: prosessori (fi)
• French: processeur (fr) m

• German: Prozessor (de) m
• Italian: processore (it) m
• Japanese: プロセッサー (ja) (purosessā), 演算機 (ja) (enzanki)
• Lithuanian: procesorius (lt) m
• Russian: процессор (ru) (procéssor) m
• Serbo-Croatian: obradnik (sh) m
• Turkish: işlemci (tr)

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Translations to be checked

• French: processeur m, microprocesseur m

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Dutch

Alternative forms

Wikipedia ^nl

• mikroprocessor m

Etymology

From English processor

Pronunciation

• IPA: /prɔˈsɛ.sɔr/

Noun

processor m (plural processors or processoren, diminutive processortje)

1. (computing) A microprocessor

Synonyms

• centrale verwerkingseenheid, CVE
• CPU

Related terms

• procédé n
• procedure
• proces n