central processing unit CPU C.P.U. central processor processor mainframe | (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing, the CPU and the memory form the central part of a computer to which the peripherals are attached |
computer computing machine computing device data processor electronic computer information processing system | a machine for performing calculations automatically |
computer system computing system automatic data processing system ADP system ADPS | a system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage |
information science informatics information processing IP | the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information |
natural language processing NLP human language technology | the branch of information science that deals with natural language information |
transcription written text | something written, especially copied from one medium to another, as a typewritten version of dictation |
text textual matter | the words of something written, there were more than a thousand words of text, they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech, he wants to reconstruct the original text |
text | the main body of a written work (as distinct from illustrations or footnotes etc.), pictures made the text easier to understand |
machine-displayable text | electronic text that is stored and used in the form of a digital image |
machineeadable text | electronic text that is stored as strings of characters and that can be displayed in a variety of formats |
electronic text | text that is in a form that computer can store or display on a computer screen |
textbook text text edition schoolbook school text | a book prepared for use in schools or colleges, his economics textbook is in its tenth edition, the professor wrote the text that he assigned students to buy |
sacred text sacred writing religious writing religious text | writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity |
text file document | (computer science) a computer file that contains text (and possibly formatting instructions) using seven-bit ASCII characters |
ASCII text file | a text file that contains only ASCII characters without special formatting |
natural language processor natural language processing application | an application program that deals with natural language text |
word processor word processing system | an application that provides the user with tools needed to write and edit and format text and to send it to a printer |
text editor | (computer science) an application that can be used to create and view and edit text files |
text-matching | a computer program that looks for text that matches a given text, Google uses text-matching to find web pages containing a particular text |
LISP list-processing language | a flexible procedure-oriented programing language that manipulates symbols in the form of lists |
text | a passage from the Bible that is used as the subject of a sermon, the preacher chose a text from Psalms to introduce his sermon |
copy editor copyreader text editor | an editor who prepares text for publication |
administrative data processing business data processing | data processing in accounting or business management |
automatic data processing ADP | data processing by a computer |
background processing backgrounding | the execution of low priority programs while higher priority programs are not using the processing system |
batch processing | the serial execution of computer programs |
data processing | (computer science) a series of operations on data by a computer in order to retrieve or transform or classify information |
distributed data processing remote-access data processing teleprocessing | data processing in which some of the functions are performed in different places and connected by transmission facilities |
electronic data processing EDP | automatic data processing by electronic means without the use of tabulating cards or punched tapes |
foreground processing foregrounding | the execution of a program that preempts the use of the processing system |
integrated data processing IDP | automatic data processing in which data acquisition and other stages or processing are integrated into a coherent system |
list processing | processing data that is given in the form of chained lists |
mineral extraction mineral processing mineral dressing ore processing ore dressing beneficiation | crushing and separating ore into valuable substances or waste by any of a variety of techniques |
multiprocessing parallel processing | simultaneous processing by two or more processing units |
priority processing | data processing in which the operations performed are determined by a system of priorities |
processing | preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure, the processing of newly arrived immigrants, the processing of ore to obtain minerals |
real-time processing real-time operation | data processing fast enough to keep up with an outside process |
serial processing | sequential processing by two or more processing units |
word processing | rapid and efficient processing (storage and printing) of linguistic data for composition and editing |
processing time | the time it takes to complete a prescribed procedure, they increased output by decreasing processing time |
command processing overhead time command processing overhead command overhead overhead | (computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command |