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processor

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


NOUN
central processing unit
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The restaurant submits the final total — the bill and the tip — as part of a batch to its payment processor.

From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026

Those values must remain synchronized across thousands of computing nodes to accurately reproduce the behavior of a real quantum processor.

From Science Daily • May 11, 2026

The giant payroll processor ADP, for example, said private-sector businesses filled 109,000 jobs in April, the biggest gain in 15 months.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

Those three firms dominate the market for memory, which gets used alongside Nvidia’s processor chips for AI computing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

“LORE uses the term self-sufficient museum. They have several of these. This is an older version of a virtual assistant. She uses a projection processor, as opposed to an integrated processor.”

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas




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