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processor

[pros-es-er, proh-ses-] / ˈprɒs ɛs ər, ˈproʊ sɛs- /


NOUN
central processing unit
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Stripe is primarily a payments processor, helping companies across the internet accept payments, but it has recently tried to expand into new areas such as infrastructure for AI and stablecoin payments.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Meanwhile, combine the ricotta, heavy cream, confectioners’ sugar, citrus zest, vanilla and salt in a food processor.

From Salon Jul. 20, 2026

PayPal, the struggling payments processor, rallied in premarket trade on Wednesday on a report that rival Stripe is teaming up with private-equity group Advent International on a bid.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

It won’t be a major hardware upgrade, he says, but a new processor should mean faster performance, battery gains and added AI features.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

My brain feels like it’s been pushed through a food processor.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy

Unlike rail tracks – which once built are good for decades – data centres are likely to need upgrading frequently to include the latest and fastest processors.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

This would produce the silicon wafers needed to make quantum-computing processors.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

Different types of memory chips that store digital information are used in AI systems alongside powerful processors able to crunch data to generate chatbot responses or realistic images.

From Barron's Jul. 15, 2026

Their performance now approaches the timescales needed for practical quantum technologies and makes magnons comparable to the superconducting qubits used in today's leading quantum processors.

From Science Daily Jul. 2, 2026

But even the best software isn’t smart enough to assign trees reliably, so writers cannot offload the task of minding the tree onto their word processors.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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