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/

• Audio (US):

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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.

3. A central processing unit.

   This mainframe's processor is fast.

4. A microprocessor.

   This computer has two processors, but only one keyboard.

Synonyms

• (microprocessor): central processing unit, CPU

Hyponyms

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

 

Derived terms

• agroprocessor
• bioprocessor
• co-processor
• coprocessor
• cryptoprocessor
• front-end processor
• geoprocessor
• histoprocessor
• hydroprocessor
• interprocessor
• microprocessor
• multi-processor
• multiprocessor
• nanoprocessor
• neuroprocessor
• postprocessor
• preprocessor
• 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