English Online Dictionary. What means processing? What does processing mean?
English
Etymology
By surface analysis, process + -ing.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɹəʊsɛsɪŋ/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈpɹɑsɛsɪŋ/
Noun
processing (countable and uncountable, plural processings)
- The action of the verb to process.
- The act of taking something through a set of prescribed procedures.
- The act of retrieving, storing, classifying, manipulating, transmitting etc. data, especially via computer techniques.
Hyponyms
- data processing
- parallel processing
- word processing
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
processing
- present participle and gerund of process
References
- processing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia