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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

The Owner stuck a tentative finger into the food processor, where his first batch of his mothers peanut butter sat, waiting.

From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff

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

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

The Justice Department launched Operation Choke Point in 2013 as a fraud-prevention effort aimed at third-party payment processors.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 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

Some other Japanese industries are organized very differently from the food processors.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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