word processor

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Applications like the electronic spreadsheet and the word processor turned the PC from a novelty into an indispensable business engine, helping to birth the modern software industry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

“Using a small camera, the scanning machine takes pictures of the text and does electronically what a typist working a word processor does at a keyboard.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2024

There is no word processor app on the tablets.

From Slate • Sep. 17, 2024

In this complex, the prime editor works like a "word processor," accurately replacing genomic information.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2024

Volunteers can also work independently, after contacting Project Gutenberg directly, by keying in a book they particularly like using any text editor or word processor.

From Technology and Books for All by Lebert, Marie