Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A microprocessor that makes up part of a larger processor.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

sub- +‎ processor

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word subprocessor.

Examples

  • The primary subprocessor/emitter materials include keiyurium, silicon animide, and superconducting DiBeCu 732.

    I’m Working on That William Shatner 2002

  • The primary subprocessor/emitter materials include keiyurium, silicon animide, and superconducting DiBeCu 732.

    I’m Working on That William Shatner 2002

  • The primary subprocessor/emitter materials include keiyurium, silicon animide, and superconducting DiBeCu 732.

    I’m Working on That William Shatner 2002

  • The primary subprocessor/emitter materials include keiyurium, silicon animide, and superconducting DiBeCu 732.

    I’m Working on That William Shatner 2002

  • Enterprise keyed into the subprocessor and halted the countdown, three seconds before it reached zero.

    STRANGE NEW WORLDS Dean Wesley Smith 1998

  • The subprocessor was linked to the warp core, and was counting down before executing an unknown subprogram.

    STRANGE NEW WORLDS Dean Wesley Smith 1998

  • Reroute all functional relays through subprocessor chi-one-four.

    Becoming Human: The Seven of Nine™ Saga Various Authors 1998

  • Enterprise keyed into the subprocessor and halted the countdown, three seconds before it reached zero.

    STRANGE NEW WORLDS Dean Wesley Smith 1998

  • Reroute all functional relays through subprocessor chi-one-four.

    Becoming Human: The Seven of Nine™ Saga Various Authors 1998

  • The subprocessor was linked to the warp core, and was counting down before executing an unknown subprogram.

    STRANGE NEW WORLDS Dean Wesley Smith 1998

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.