#processing  preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure: "the processing of newly arrived immigrants"; "the processing of ore to obtain minerals"
  supertype:  process__proces  a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states; "events now in process"; "the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls"
  subtype:  blowing  processing that involves blowing a gas
     subtype:  insufflation.blowing  (medical) blowing air or medicated powder into the lungs (or into some other body cavity)
  subtype:  data_processing  the temporary retention of data in a processor while calculations or logical operations are performed on it
     subtype:  administrative_data_processing__business_data_processing  data processing in accounting or business management
     subtype:  automatic_data_processing__ADP  data processing by a computer
        subtype:  electronic_data_processing__EDP  automatic data processing by electronic means without the use of tabulating cards or punched tapes
        subtype:  integrated_data_processing__IDP  automatic data processing in which data acquisition and other stages or processing are integrated into a coherent system
     subtype:  distributed_data_processing__remote-access_data_processing__teleprocessing  data processing in which some of the functions are performed in different places and connected by transmission facilities
     subtype:  list_processing  processing data that is given in the form of chained lists
     subtype:  multiprocessing__parallel_processing  simultaneous processing by two or more processing units
     subtype:  operation.data_processing  (computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction); "it can perform millions of operations per second"
        subtype:  memory_access__access  (computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information
           subtype:  disk_access  memory access to the computer disk on which information is stored
        subtype:  asynchronous_operation  operations that occur without a regular or predictable time relation to other events
        subtype:  auxiliary_operation__auxiliaryoperation__off-line_operation  a operation performed by off-line equipment not under the control of the central processing unit
        subtype:  boolean_operation__booleanoperation__binary_operation__binary_arithmetic_operation  an operation that follows the rules of boolean algebra; each operand and the result take one of two values
        subtype:  computer_operation__machine_operation__machineoperation  an elementary operation that a computer is designed and built to perform
           subtype:  floating-point_operation__flop  an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers; "this computer can perform a million flops per second"
           subtype:  retrieval.computer_operation  (computer science) the operation of accessing information from the computer's memory
        subtype:  concurrent_operation  two or more operations performed at the same time (or within a give interval)
        subtype:  control_operation__controloperation__control_function__controlfunction  an operation that controls the recording or processing or transmission of interpretation of data; "a control operation started the data processing"
        subtype:  dyadic_operation  an operation on exactly two operands
        subtype:  fixed-cycle_operation__fixedcycleoperation  an operation that is completed in a specified number of regularly timed execution cycles
        subtype:  logic_operation__logicoperation__logical_operation__logicaloperation  an operation that follows the rules of symbolic logic
        subtype:  monadic_operation__monadicoperation__unary_operation__unaryoperation  an operation with exactly one operand
        subtype:  multiplex_operation__multiplexoperation  an operation in which two or more activities are interleaved
        subtype:  parallel_operation__simultaneous_operation  the simultaneous execution of two or more operations
        subtype:  printing_operation  an operation that controls the printing or display of information
           subtype:  carriage_return  the operation that prepares for the next character to be printed or displayed as the first character on a line
           subtype:  line_feed  the operation that prepares for the next character to be printed or displayed on the next line
           subtype:  new_line__newline  the operation that prepares for the next character to be printed or displayed as the first character on the next line
        subtype:  lookup__search  an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property; "they wrote a program to do a table lookup"
        subtype:  serial_operation__sequential_operation__consecutive_operation__consecutiveoperation  the sequential execution of operations one after another
        subtype:  sort.operation__sorting  an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion; "the bottleneck in mail delivery it the process of sorting"
        subtype:  synchronous_operation__synchronousoperation  operations that are initiated predictably by a clock
        subtype:  threshold_operation  an operation performed on operands in order to obtain the value of a threshold function
           subtype:  majority_operation  a threshold operation in which each operand is 0 or 1; output is 1 if and only if more than half the operands have the value 1
     subtype:  priority_processing  data processing in which the operations performed are determined by a system of priorities
        subtype:  background_processing__backgrounding  the execution of low priority programs while higher priority programs are not using the processing system
        subtype:  foreground_processing__foregrounding  the execution of a program that preempts the use of the processing system
     subtype:  real-time_processing__real-time_operation  data processing fast enough to keep up with an outside process
     subtype:  serial_processing  sequential processing by two or more processing units
     subtype:  word_processing__wordprocessing  rapid and efficient processing (storage and printing) of linguistic data for composition and editing
  subtype:  developing__development  processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible; "the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours"
     subtype:  underdevelopment  (of film) inadequately processed and so lacking adequate contrast
  subtype:  refining__refinement  the process of removing impurities from oil or metals or sugar
  subtype:  vulcanization__vulcanisation  process of treating rubber or rubberlike materials with sulphur at great heat to improve elasticity and strength or to harden them

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