processor
noun
pro·ces·sor
ˈprä-ˌse-sər 
ˈprō-
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the largest seafood processor in the country
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Both devices share the same processor and software support.
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Prakhar Khanna, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
In addition to routine inspections, the FDA also does other kinds of inspections in response to issues, like a visit to a Colorado onion processor last year linked to the McDonald's Quarter Pounders outbreak that turned up dozens of violations.
—Alexander Tin, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2025
Since then, the China controls have ballooned to include an increasingly large set of semiconductor manufacturing tools, as well as a wider range of both processors and high-bandwidth memory chips, which are essential for AI applications.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2025
In four-hour operations, surgeons implanted a tiny electrode panel into the back of the eye and an ultra-thin receiver under the skin near the ear to pick up a wireless signal from a tiny camera on sunglasses and a signal processor worn on a belt.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
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Prakhar Khanna, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
In addition to routine inspections, the FDA also does other kinds of inspections in response to issues, like a visit to a Colorado onion processor last year linked to the McDonald's Quarter Pounders outbreak that turned up dozens of violations.
—Alexander Tin, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2025
Since then, the China controls have ballooned to include an increasingly large set of semiconductor manufacturing tools, as well as a wider range of both processors and high-bandwidth memory chips, which are essential for AI applications.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2025
In four-hour operations, surgeons implanted a tiny electrode panel into the back of the eye and an ultra-thin receiver under the skin near the ear to pick up a wireless signal from a tiny camera on sunglasses and a signal processor worn on a belt.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
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processor
noun
pro·ces·sor
ˈpräs-ˌes-ər
ˈprōs-
1
: a person or machine that processes
2
: a part of a computer that processes data
especially
: cpu
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