processing

n. working, adapting, treating, subjecting to a series of procedures

v. treat, adapt, subject to series of procedures; prepare, make ready

Processing typically describes the act of taking something through an established and usually routine set of procedures to convert it from one form to another, as a manufacturing procedure, such as processing milk into cheese. Processing can also refer to administrative procedure such as processing paperwork to grant a mortgage loan.
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Noun
1. preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure; "the processing of newly arrived immigrants"; "the processing of ore to obtain minerals"
(hypernym) process
(hyponym) blowing
(derivation) process

Noun
1. a particular course of action intended to achieve a result; "the procedure of obtaining a driver's license"; "it was a process of trial and error"
(synonym) procedure
(hypernym) activity
(hyponym) Bertillon system
(derivation) work, work on
2. a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states; "events now in process"; "the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls"
(hypernym) phenomenon
(hyponym) chelation
3. (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking"; "the cognitive operation of remembering"
(synonym) cognitive process, mental process, operation, cognitive operation
(hypernym) cognition, knowledge, noesis
(hyponym) basic cognitive process
(classification) psychology, psychological science
4. a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant
(synonym) summons
(hypernym) writ, judicial writ
(hyponym) citation
(derivation) serve, swear out
(classification) law, jurisprudence
5. a mental process that you are not directly aware of; "the process of denial"
(synonym) unconscious process
(hypernym) cognition, knowledge, noesis
(hyponym) condensation
6. a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process"
(synonym) outgrowth, appendage
(hypernym) body part
(hyponym) horn
Verb
1. deal with in a routine way; "I'll handle that one"; "process a loan"; "process the applicants"
(hypernym) manage, deal, care, handle
(derivation) procedure
2. subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals" ; "treat an oil spill"
(synonym) treat
(hypernym) affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
(hyponym) propagate
(derivation) processor
3. perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information; "The results of the elections were still being processed when he gave his acceptance speech"
(hypernym) calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure
(derivation) central processing unit, CPU, C.P.U., central processor, processor, mainframe
4. institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against; "He was warned that the district attorney would process him"; "She actioned the company for discrimination"
(synonym) action, sue, litigate
(hypernym) challenge
(hyponym) expedite
(verb-group) litigate
(derivation) summons
5. shape, form, or improve a material; "work stone into tools"; "process iron"; "work the metal"
(synonym) work, work on
(hypernym) transform, transmute, transubstantiate
(hyponym) coldwork, cold work
(verb-group) shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
(derivation) procedure
6. deliver a warrant or summons to someone; "He was processed by the sheriff"
(synonym) serve, swear out
(hypernym) deliver
(hyponym) subpoena
(derivation) summons
7. march in a procession; "They processed into the dining room"
(synonym) march
(hypernym) walk
(hyponym) file

Psychotherapeutic technique introduced in 1950 by L. (Lafayette) Ron Hubbard (1911-1986) in his book Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. The procedure is central to Dianetics and may include use of an "E-meter" ("electropsychometer"; also called the "Hubbard Electrometer"), a quasi lie detector. Practitioners are called "auditors."

<data processing, signal processing> 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.
(2003-10-23)

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1. <operating system, software> The sequence of states of an executing program. A process consists of the program code (which may be shared with other processes which are executing the same program), private data, and the state of the processor, particularly the values in its registers. It may have other associated resources such as a process identifier, open files, CPU time limits, shared memory, child processes, and signal handlers.
One process may, on some platforms, consist of many threads. A multitasking operating system can run multiple processes concurrently or in parallel, and allows a process to spawn "child" processes.
(2001-06-16)
2. The sequence of activities, people, and systems involved in carrying out some business or achieving some desired result. E.g. software development process, project management process, configuration management process.
(2001-06-16)