WORD PROCESSING SYSTEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does word processing system mean? 

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

1. an application that provides the user with tools needed to write and edit and format text and to send it to a printer

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• WORD PROCESSING SYSTEM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An application that provides the user with tools needed to write and edit and format text and to send it to a printer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

word processing system; word processor

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

application; application program; applications programme (a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task)