processing
verb/ˈproʊsɛsɪŋ/
Frequency rank: #2,218 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
The act of dealing with data or materials to produce a result.
Example sentence
The computer is currently processing the data before saving it.
Synonyms & related words
- handling
- analyzing
- computing
- calculating
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