Literary notes about processing (AI summary)
The term "processing" in literature is remarkably versatile, appearing in both technical and industrial contexts. In computing, it refers to the manipulation of text and data—as seen in discussions about natural language processing [1], word processing [2, 3], and even the coordination with remote computer systems [4, 5]. In industrial narratives, "processing" often denotes the transformation of raw materials into finished products, such as in the contexts of fruit, sugar, or fish processing [6, 7, 8, 9, 10]. Beyond these, creative and specialized applications also emerge—ranging from live news processing [11] to film processing [12] and even to detailed scientific or industrial techniques in sectors like aerospace and natural resource management [13, 14]. This breadth of usage highlights the term's ability to capture both the systematic treatment of material and the digital or metaphorical treatment of information.
- Machine translation is the earliest type of natural language processing.
— from Multilingualism on the Web by Marie Lebert - We write today, using technologies for word processing, in ways different from any other practical experience of writing.
— from The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin - Browse ——— To view and possibly edit a file of data on screen similar to handling text in a word processing document.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno - Online ——— In this book, it signifies the act of being in direct communication with a remote computer's central processing unit.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno - The bits are set on or off to store data, or to form a code that in turn sends instructions to the computer's central processing unit.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno - Tuna fishing and tuna processing plants are the backbone of the private sector, with canned tuna the primary export.
— from The 1994 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency - Manufacturing consists mainly of the processing of raw materials and of light manufacturing for the domestic market.
— from The 1996 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency - Industrial activity is concentrated on processing farm commodities.
— from The 2006 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency - Industrial activity mainly involves the processing of agricultural produce including jute, sugarcane, tobacco, and grain.
— from The 2006 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency - The manufacturing sector, based largely on food and beverage processing, accounts for 18% of GDP and 15% of employment.
— from The 1992 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency - They call it "live news processing."
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno - He explained that he did all of his film processing in this friend's lab.
— from The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Edward J. Ruppelt - The MDA also held equipment for earth resources multispectral photography, materials processing, and astronomy.
— from Rockets, Missiles, and Spacecraft of the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution - The Dry Valleys of Antarctica have been ice-free for thousands of years ( courtesy of USGS Image Processing Facility, Flagstaff, Arizona ).
— from Deserts: Geology and Resources by A. S. (Alta Sharon) Walker
