different between processus vs processor

English

Etymology

Latin pr?cessus

Noun

processus (plural processus)

1. A process, or projecting part.

Anagrams

• corpusses

French

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin pr?cessus (“process, progression”). Doublet of procès, another borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??.s?.sys/

Noun

processus m (plural processus)

1. a process

Derived terms

• processus léger

Further reading

• “processus” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of pr?c?d? (“advance, proceed”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pro??kes.sus/, [p?o??k?s???s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pro?t??es.sus/, [p???t???s?us]

Participle

pr?cessus (feminine pr?cessa, neuter pr?cessum); first/second-declension participle

1. advanced, having been advanced

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Noun

pr?cessus m (genitive pr?cess?s); fourth declension

1. A course, progression, progress, process, advance.
2. (by extension) An elapsing, passing away, lapse.

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Derived terms

• processio

Descendants

References

• processus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• processus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• processus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• processus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• processus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

English

Etymology

Recorded since 1909, from process +? -or.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: pr??-s?s-?(r), IPA^(key): /?p????s?s?(?)/
• (US) enPR: pr??-s?s-?r, IPA^(key): /?p???s?s??/

Noun

processor (plural processors)

1. A person or institution who processes things (foods, photos, applications, etc.).

   He is a loan processor with a bank.

2. A device which processes, which changes something (a computer processor, food processor, etc.).

   The food processor shredded the vegetables.

3. A central processing unit.

   This mainframe's processor is fast.

4. A microprocessor.

   This computer has two processors, but only one keyboard.

Synonyms

• (microprocessor): central processing unit, CPU

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

References

• processor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English processor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pro??s?.s?r/
• Hyphenation: pro?ces?sor
• Rhymes: -?s?r

Noun

processor m (plural processors or processoren, diminutive processortje n)

1. (computing) A microprocessor

Synonyms

• centrale verwerkingseenheid, CVE
• CPU
• microprocessor

Related terms

• procédé
• procedure
• proces