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word processor
(redirected from Word processing machine)

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word processor
n. Abbr. WP
1. A computer system or program designed for word processing.
2. One who uses a word processor.

word processor
n
(Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science)
a.  a computer program that performs word processing
b.  a computer system designed for word processing
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Noun1.word processor - an application that provides the user with tools needed to write and edit and format text and to send it to a printer
application program, applications programme, application - a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task; "he has tried several different word processing applications"
Translations
word processor n (machine) → word processor m inv


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In the late 1970s the electronic typewriter was introduced and was the forerunner to the word processing machines of today.
She stated that she had always been treated as a word processing machine.
Many persons working at word processing machines repeatedly enter precoded information onto form letters, which are stored on the word processor.
 
 
 
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