processing

processing

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹəʊsɛsɪŋ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɑsəsɪŋ/

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Noun

processing (countable and uncountable, plural processings)

1. The action of the verb to process.
   • 2013 July-August, Catherine Clabby, “Focus on Everything”, in American Scientist:

     Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus. That’s because the lenses that are excellent at magnifying tiny subjects produce a narrow depth of field. A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that.

2. The act of taking something through a set of prescribed procedures.
3. The act of retrieving, storing, classifying, manipulating, transmitting etc. data, especially via computer techniques.

Hyponyms

• data processing
• word processing

Derived terms

• information-processing

Translations

action of the verb to process

Catalan: processament m Chinese: Mandarin: 處理／处理 (zh) (chǔlǐ) Czech: zpracování (cs) n Finnish: prosessointi (fi) German: Verarbeitung (de) f Greek: επεξεργασία (el) f (epexergasía) Hungarian: feldolgozás (hu) Irish: próiseáil f Korean: 처리 (ko) (cheori) Norwegian: Bokmål: bearbeidelse m Portuguese: processamento (pt) m Romanian: prelucrare (ro) f, procesare (ro) f Russian: обрабо́тка (ru) f (obrabótka) Serbo-Croatian: obrada (sh) f Spanish: procesamiento m

act of taking something through a set of prescribed procedures

Finnish: prosessointi (fi) French: traitement (fr) m Norwegian: Bokmål: prosessering m or f Nynorsk: prosessering f Polish: obróbka (pl) f Portuguese: processamento (pt) m Russian: обрабо́тка (ru) f (obrabótka) Serbo-Croatian: procesuiranje n

Verb

processing

1. present participle of process

References

• processing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia