word processor

noun

1. a computer program or computer system designed for word processing.
2. a person who performs word processing.

word processor

noun

1. 1. a computer program that performs word processing
   2. a computer system designed for word processing

Word History and Origins

Origin of word processor¹

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

“Using a small camera, the scanning machine takes pictures of the text and does electronically what a typist working a word processor does at a keyboard.”

From Los Angeles Times

In this complex, the prime editor works like a "word processor," accurately replacing genomic information.

From Science Daily

As a child in the 1980s, his family owned a word processor with a screen that allowed one to view and edit just a couple lines of writing at a time.

From Los Angeles Times

The first thing they invented like that, that I'm aware of, that you would have in your house, was called a word processor.

From Salon

If you have a printer and a word processor program, you can use them to generate computer printed envelopes that the post office can easily process.

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