WORD PROCESSOR | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of word processor in English

(Definition of word processor from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of word processor from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of word processor from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of word processor

word processor
Discoverers who do use the word processor may feel a need to revert to handwriting at key stages of their writing.
The "natural" alignment of texts has been considered accidental and determined by the configuration of the page on the word processor.
Do not allow your word processor to introduce word splits and do not use justification.
For the purchaser of the word processor, this is the relevant domain.
Its text base supersedes the old card file just as the word processor has dethroned the typewriter.
Another subject-related issue regarding the word processor was that some writers reported problems in comparing one printed draft with another.
There is also a facility provided to extract the screen contents and place them in a file for subsequent editing by word processor.
The other two pins are used to represent the cursor of a word processor.
The device could perhaps be programmed to elicit a percept of the color green when the patient's word processor is ready to take dictation.
It is important to get started with something down on paper, preferably using a word processor, which will inevitably save time.
Much of the new material is concerned with the rapidly developing role of the computer and word processor in the business of producing books.
Of the 4 who reported frequently using dictation, 3 combined this with frequent use of the word processor, and 2 with frequent use of the pen or pencil.
Bricklayers showed a tendency not to be frequent users of the word processor, but those who did use it showed a strong tendency to find the screen restrictive.
In this sample, attitudes to the usefulness of the word processor seemed to be more closely associated with factors other than with experience or frequency of use.
The proportion of indirect users and non-users of the word processor was 35% in the arts, 31% in the social sciences and only 8% in the sciences.
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Translations of word processor

in Chinese (Traditional)
文字處理機, 文字處理程式…
in Chinese (Simplified)
文字处理机, 文字处理程序…
in Spanish
procesador de textos, procesador de textos [masculine, singular]…
in Portuguese
processador de textos, processador de texto [masculine]…
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ワープロ…
yazı işlem bilgisayarı, kelime işlem programı…
traitement [masculine] de texte, traitement de texte…
processador de textos…
tekstverwerker…
tekstbehandlingsanlæg…
ordbehandlare, ordbehandlingsprogram…
pemproses kata…
das Textverarbeitungsprogramm…
tekstbehandler [masculine], tekstbehandlingsprogram [neuter], tekstbehandlingsprogram…
текстовий процесор…
текстовый процессор…
مُعالِج النصوص…
textový editor…
pengolah kata (program komputer)…
สร้าง จัดเก็บ แก้และพิมพ์คำ ข้อความโดยใช้คอมพิวเตอร์…
chương trình xử lý văn bản…
edytor tekstu, edytor tekstów…
워드 프로세서, 문서 작성기…
word processor, (organo di elaborazione della parola)…
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