word processing
word processing
nounDefinition of WORD PROCESSING
: the production of typewritten documents (as business letters) with automated and usually computerized typing and text-editing equipment
— word process verb
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- These terminals are used mostly for word processing.
First Known Use of WORD PROCESSING
1970
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