word processing

1. 1.

   rapid and efficient processing (storage and printing) of linguistic data for composition and editing

   Broaderdata processing

   printing

Questions about word processing

What does word processing mean?

word processing means "rapid and efficient processing (storage and printing) of linguistic data for composition and editing".

Is word processing a common word?

word processing is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.