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processor

 noun
     
Related topics: Computers
pro‧ces‧sor [countable]
1TDTD the central part of a computer that deals with the commands and information it is given [= central processing unit]
2 a machine or person that processes food or other materials before they are sold or used:
US tuna processors
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