word processing

or word-proc·ess·ing


noun

writing, editing, and production of documents, as letters, reports, and books, through the use of a computer program or a complete computer system designed to facilitate rapid and efficient manipulation of text. Abbreviation: WP

Origin of word processing

First recorded in 1970–75

Example sentences from the Web for word processing

  • I ended up using the Comment function in my word-processing software to house the Eric and Jen exchanges.

    How I Write: Doug Dorst |Noah Charney |February 26, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
  • Instead of opening a word-processing program on our own computers, we used a browser to open Google's word processor.

    Google's War on the PC |Douglas Rushkoff |July 8, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
  • Word-processing is cognitively a different effort from writing with a pen or typewriter.

British Dictionary definitions for word processing

word processing

noun

the composition of documents using a computer system to input, edit, store, and print them