WORD PROCESSING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does word processing mean? 

• WORD PROCESSING (noun)
  The noun WORD PROCESSING has 1 sense:

1. rapid and efficient processing (storage and printing) of linguistic data for composition and editing

  Familiarity information: WORD PROCESSING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WORD PROCESSING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Rapid and efficient processing (storage and printing) of linguistic data for composition and editing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("word processing" is a kind of...):

data processing ((computer science) a series of operations on data by a computer in order to retrieve or transform or classify information)

Domain category:

printing; printing process (reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication)