processor

English

Etymology

Recorded since 1909, from process +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

processor (plural processors)

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

   He is a loan processor with a bank.

2. A device which processes, which changes something (a computer processor, food processor, etc.).

   The food processor shredded the vegetables.

   • 2019 June 27, Jack Schofield, “What’s the best cheap tablet or e-reader for PDF files?”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     A smartphone is not the best camera, notebook, word processor, audio recorder, radio, MP3 player, map reader, pedometer and so on, but it is good enough replace numerous separate devices for most people most of the time.

3. A central processing unit.

   This mainframe's processor is fast.

4. A microprocessor.

   This computer has two processors, but only one keyboard.

   • 2017 January 19, Jack Schofield, “How can I tell if a PC processor is any good?”, in The Guardian‎^[2]:

     Intel usually brings out a new generation of processors every 12-18 months, and the Core range is now in its seventh generation.

Synonyms

• (microprocessor): central processing unit, CPU

Hyponyms

• food processor
• front-end processor
• microprocessor
• nanoprocessor
• third party processor
• word processor

Derived terms

• agroprocessor
• bioprocessor
• coprocessor
• co-processor
• cryptoprocessor
• floating point processor
• front-end processor
• geoprocessor
• histoprocessor
• hydroprocessor
• interprocessor
• microprocessor
• multiprocessor
• multi-processor
• nanoprocessor
• neuroprocessor
• postprocessor
• preprocessor
• processor time
• single-processor
• subprocessor
• teleprocessor
• third party processor
• uniprocessor

Related terms

• procedure
• processus

Translations

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)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: processeur (fr) m, microprocesseur (fr) m

References

• processor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English processor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌproːˈsɛ.sɔr/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: pro‧ces‧sor
• Rhymes: -ɛsɔr

Noun

processor m (plural processors or processoren, diminutive processortje n)

1. (computing) a microprocessor

Synonyms

• centrale verwerkingseenheid, CVE
• CPU
• microprocessor

Related terms

• procédé
• procedure
• proces