ALL meanings of processing
proc·ess
P p - noun plural processing a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk. 1
- noun plural processing a continuous action, operation, or series of changes taking place in a definite manner: the process of decay. 1
- noun plural processing Law. the summons, mandate, or writ by which a defendant or thing is brought before court for litigation. the whole course of the proceedings in an action at law. 1
- noun plural processing Photography. photomechanical or photoengraving methods collectively. 1
- noun plural processing Biology, Anatomy. a natural outgrowth, projection, or appendage: a process of a bone. 1
- noun plural processing the action of going forward or on. 1
- noun plural processing the condition of being carried on. 1
- noun plural processing course or lapse, as of time. 1
- noun plural processing conk4 (defs 1, 2). 1
- verb with object processing to treat or prepare by some particular series of actions, as in manufacturing. 1
- verb with object processing to handle (papers, records, etc.) by systematically organizing them, recording or making notations on them, following up with appropriate action, or the like: to process mail. 1
- verb with object processing to require (someone) to answer questionnaires, perform various tasks, and sometimes to undergo physical and aptitude classification examinations before the beginning or termination of a period of service: The army processes all personnel entering or leaving the service. 1
- verb with object processing to convert (an agricultural commodity) into marketable form by a special series of steps, as pasteurization. 1
- verb with object processing to institute a legal process against; prosecute. 1
- verb with object processing to serve a process or summons on. 1
- verb with object processing Computers. to carry out operations on (data or programs). 1
- verb with object processing conk4 (def 3). 1
- verb without object processing to undergo the activities involved in hiring or firing personnel: The recruits expected to process in four days. 1
- adjective processing prepared or modified by an artificial process or procedure: process cheese. 1
- adjective processing noting, pertaining to, or involving photomechanical or photoengraving methods: a process print. 1
- adjective processing Informal. of or relating to hair that has been conked, or chemically straightened. 1
- adjective processing Movies. created by or used in process cinematography: a moving background on a process screen. 1
- noun Technical meaning of processing (data) Performing some predefined sequence of operations on an input to produce an output or change of internal state; activity specifically involving the computer's CPU. The term is often qualified: "data processing" treats digital data, "signal processing" treats analog data (possibly in digital form), "word processing" takes in typed human language input and produces digital documents, image processing transforms digital images. 1
- noun processing the act or process of treating or preparing something by a special method 0
- noun processing (as modifier) 0
- noun processing the activity of performing mathematical and logical operations on data according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information 0
- noun processing Processing is subjecting something to a series of actions in order to achieve a particular result. 0