processor
noun
pro·ces·sor
ˈprä-ˌse-sər 
ˈprō-
Examples of processor in a Sentence
the largest seafood processor in the country
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Usually, the MacBook Airs are among the first devices to get new M-series processors from Apple, but Apple surprised us by bringing the M4 to the iPad Pro just a few months after introducing the M3.
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Ars Technica, 3 Mar. 2025
David Phelan That post makes clear that the main update to the current MacBook Air is likely to be a processor change, to put the latest M4 chip into the Air which currently has the M2 chip in one configuration of the 13-inch laptop and M3 chips in the 15-inch and other 13-inch versions.
—David Phelan, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
Ranchers in Canada rely on American companies for farm equipment, and export cattle and hogs to U.S. meat processors.
—Sally Ho, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2025
It's powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 chipset, a slightly lesser-performing processor versus the flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 found on other high-end Android devices in 2024.
—Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 27 Feb. 2025
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Ars Technica, 3 Mar. 2025
David Phelan That post makes clear that the main update to the current MacBook Air is likely to be a processor change, to put the latest M4 chip into the Air which currently has the M2 chip in one configuration of the 13-inch laptop and M3 chips in the 15-inch and other 13-inch versions.
—David Phelan, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
Ranchers in Canada rely on American companies for farm equipment, and export cattle and hogs to U.S. meat processors.
—Sally Ho, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2025
It's powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 chipset, a slightly lesser-performing processor versus the flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 found on other high-end Android devices in 2024.
—Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 27 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for processor
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“Processor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/processor. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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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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