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word processor

–noun

1.	a computer program or computer system designed for word processing.

2.	a person who performs word processing.

[Origin: 1975–80

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word processor
n. Abbr. WP

A computer system or program designed for word processing.
One who uses a word processor.

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WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This

word processor
noun
an application that provides the user with tools needed to write and edit and format text and to send it to a printer

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
ˈword processor noun

a program for writing or editing texts, letters etc and storing them in the computer's memory; a computer used for doing this

Arabic:	مُعالِج الكَلِمات
Chinese (Simplified):	（计）文字处理软件
Chinese (Traditional):	（計）文字處理軟件
Czech:	textový editor
Danish:	tekstbehandlingsanlæg
Estonian:	tekstitöötlusprogramm
French:	(machine à) traitement de text
Greek:	επεξεργαστής κειμένου
Hungarian:	szövegszerkesztő
Indonesian:	pengolah kata (program komputer)
Italian:	(organo di elaborazione della parola)

Latvian:	vārdu procesors
Lithuanian:	teksto apdorojimo sistema, teksto procesorius
Norwegian:	tekstbehandlingsprogram; datamaskin
Polish:	edytor tekstów
Portuguese (Brazil):	processador de texto
Russian:	текстовый процессор
Slovak:	textový procesor
Slovenian:	urejevalnik teksta
Spanish:	procesador de textos
Swedish:	ordbehandlare, ordbehandlingsprogram
Turkish:	kelime işlem programı

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing - Cite This Source - Share This

word processor text, tool
A program used to create and print (chiefly textual) documents that might otherwise be prepared on a typewriter. The key advantage of word processor is its ability to make changes easily, such as correcting spelling, changing margins, or adding, deleting, and relocating entire blocks of text. Once created, the document can be printed quickly and accurately and saved for later modifications.
Today most popular word processors, such as Microsoft Word, offer a much greater range of facilities than the first such programs.
Compare text editor.
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