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processor

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


NOUN
central processing unit
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Franklin, who lives in Rogers, Texas, and works as an information processor, learned a few years ago that her diseases were connected after doing some research and attending a conference.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

The alliance pairs Intel’s strengths in processor architecture, silicon technologies and its software ecosystem with Foxconn’s global manufacturing scale and system integration expertise to build integrated, rack-scale AI systems.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

The company on Tuesday unveiled the latest iteration of its Majorana quantum processor, which it redesigned using AI.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

“Hiring was more broad-based in May than we’ve seen in the last few years,” said Nela Richardson, chief economist at ADP, the U.S.’s largest processor of company payrolls.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

Today he’d removed it from the control panel and shut down Festus the figurehead for maintenance—something about rewiring his processor for a motor-control upgrade with the sphere, whatever the heck that meant.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan




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