WORD PROCESSOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does word processor mean? 

• WORD PROCESSOR (noun)
  The noun WORD PROCESSOR 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 PROCESSOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WORD PROCESSOR (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 processor" 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)

 Context examples 

Document management systems commonly provide check-in, check-out, storage and retrieval of electronic documents often in the form of word processor files and the like.

(Document Management System, NCI Thesaurus)