word processing

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word proc·ess·ing (pr

ng, pr

n. Abbr. WP

The creation, input, editing, and production of documents and texts by means of computer systems.

word-process (wûrd

s, -pr

s) v.

word processing

(Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) the composition of documents using a computer system to input, edit, store, and print them

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Noun

word processing - rapid and efficient processing (storage and printing) of linguistic data for composition and editing

printing process, printing - reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication

data processing - (computer science) a series of operations on data by a computer in order to retrieve or transform or classify information

Translations

word processing n → word processing m inv

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