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information processing system
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Information processor
An information processor or information processing system, as its name suggests, is a system (be it electrical, mechanical or biological) which takes information (a sequence of enumerated symbols or states) in one form and processes (transforms) it into another form, e.g. to statistics, by an algorithmic process.
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information processing system
Noun
1. a machine for performing calculations automatically
(synonym) computer, computing machine, computing device, data processor, electronic computer
(hypernym) machine
(hyponym) analog computer, analogue computer
(part-holonym) platform
(part-meronym) busbar, bus
(classification) computer science, computing
(class) compatible
