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processing

/ˈpɹəʊsɛsɪŋ/ · verb

Meaning

  1. To perform a particular process on a thing.
  2. To retrieve, store, classify, manipulate, transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer techniques.
  3. To think about a piece of information, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept it in a modified state.
  4. To develop photographic film.
  5. To take legal proceedings against.
  6. To walk in a procession
  7. The action of the verb to process.
  8. The act of taking something through a set of prescribed procedures.
  9. The act of retrieving, storing, classifying, manipulating, transmitting etc. data, especially via computer techniques.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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