<data processing, signal processing> Performing some
predefined sequence of operations on an input to produce an
output or change of internal state; activity specifically
involving the computer's CPU.
The term is often qualified: "data processing" treats
digital data, "signal processing" treats analog data
(possibly in digital form), "word processing" takes in typed
human language input and produces digital documents, {image
processing} transforms digital images.
(2003-10-23)
1. Inside Discovery‘s payload bay is the P5 integrated truss structure.
2. "There is not going to be a P5+1 meeting," said U.S.
3. "The Iranians were very surprised by the unity of the P5.
4. "Last Sunday the P5 members made a joint demarche to the Iranian ambassador in Vienna.
5. "It‘s going to be very clear to them that the international community and P5–plus–1 are completely united." The P5–plus–1 is the group of the five permanent members of the U.N.