2 definitions
for processor
From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
processor
n 1: a business engaged in processing agricultural products and
preparing them for market
2: someone who processes things (foods or photographs or
applicants etc.)
3: (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 [syn: central processing
unit, CPU, C.P.U., central processor, mainframe]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :
processor
central processing unit