Source : WordNet®
processor
n 1: a business engaged in processing agricultural products and
preparing them for market
2: someone who processes things (foods or photographs or
applicants etc.)
3: (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor
chip) that does most of the data processing; the CPU and
the memory form the central part of a computer to which
the peripherals are attached [syn: {central processing
unit}, {CPU}, {C.P.U.}, {central processor}, {mainframe}]
Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
processor
{central processing unit}