word processing
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- noun
- /wɜrd ˈprɔsɛsɪŋ/
- Specialized
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procesamiento de texto
- Many professionals rely on word processing software to produce important documents quickly and accurately.
- word processing program
- word processing software
- word processing applications
I think having a good word processing program certainly helps.
- I think having a good word processing program certainly helps.
- When you click on it, you can do all kinds of word processing, but you have to click on it and then tell it what you want it to do.
- It was networked, had cutting edge word processing software and other modern ideas like event reminders.
- And certainly there are good reasons for using cloud based word processing like Google Docs or Microsoft's version, whatever, and there are good reasons for not doing it.
- But the, the word processing is complicated, isn't it?
- He invented the mouse window, the user interfaces, word processing, e-mail.
Examples
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With word processing tools, editing and formatting texts becomes a straightforward task.
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The technology most frequently used by the distance learners was word processing, electronic bulletin boards, and email.
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I think having a good word processing program certainly helps.
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You use cloud resources in order to do some word processing using Google Documents.
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Consider the question posed in one article: "Will word processing make a difference in the way children write?"
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In time, the brothers installed word processing software and wrote school assignments on it.
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The most frequently used technology in teaching was word processing, with 37% reporting some weekly use.
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In other words, by using word-processing software, students are not developing necessary literacy skills.
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Additionally, 75% of the school building administrators indicated they have used both word processing and database/spreadsheet applications.
Academic text (1999) -
The technology most frequently used by the campus-based teacher candidates was word processing, email, databases, and spreadsheets.
Academic text (2005)
Synonyms
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A program on a computer for writing, editing and printing text documents
A computer program that helps you write, edit, and print documents
Antonyms
How Efficient
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'word' (text units) + 'processing' (systematic operations) yields the idea of performing systematic operations on words/text. This pattern is common across languages and in everyday use (often in a computing context), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The name word processing comes from early computers that did processing of text, treating words like data that machines could move, change, and correct quickly. That's why today word processing means 'using a computer or program to create, edit, and format text'.