processor
noun
pro·ces·sor
ˈprä-ˌse-sər 
ˈprō-
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Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 22 Oct. 2025
The Vision Pro, for comparison, initially had Apple’s M2 chip at launch and now uses the M5 chip, both of which are multi-purpose hardware and tablet processors also found in MacBook and iPad models, and are paired with a separate R1 co-processor for spatial processing.
—PC Magazine, 22 Oct. 2025
Alas, at present Grok runs only on Teslas made in the past few years, which have a more advanced processor to power their infotainment system.
—Andrew Moseman, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2025
The emerging field, known as biocomputing or wetware, is being explored by a handful of research institutions worldwide, aiming to tap into the biological efficiency of the human brain to create an entirely new kind of processor.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for processor
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processor
noun
pro·ces·sor
ˈpräs-ˌes-ər
ˈprōs-
1
: a person or machine that processes
2
: a part of a computer that processes data
especially
: cpu
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