Processing Task

A Processing Task is a Task that produces some Thing out of some other (often simpler) Thing.

• AKA: Processed, Processing.
• Example(s):
  • a Semantic Processing Task.
  • a Syntactic Parsing Task.
  • a Natural Language Processing Task.
  • …
• Counter Example(s)
  • an Optimization Task,
  • an Automation Task,
  • a Data Analysis Task.
• See: Process, Processing Capability, Production Task.

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References

2009a

• (WordNet, 2009) ⇒ http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=processed
  • S: (v) process, treat (subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition) "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals" ; "treat an oil spill"
  • S: (v) process (deal with in a routine way) "I'll handle that one"; "process a loan"; "process the applicants"
  • S: (v) process (perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information) "The results of the elections were still being processed when he gave his acceptance speech"
  • S: (v) action, sue, litigate, process (institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against) "He was warned that the district attorney would process him"; "She actioned the company for discrimination"
  • S: (v) march, process (march in a procession) "They processed into the dining room"
  • S: (v) work, work on, process (shape, form, or improve a material) "work stone into tools"; "process iron"; "work the metal"
  • S: (v) serve, process, swear out (deliver a warrant or summons to someone) "He was processed by the sheriff"
  • S: (adj) processed (subjected to a special process or treatment) "prepared ergot"; "processed cheeses are easy to spread"
  • S: (adj) refined, processed (freed from impurities by processing) "refined sugar"; "refined oil"; "to gild refined gold"- Shakespeare
  • S: (adj) processed (prepared or converted from a natural state by subjecting to a special process) "processed ores"

2009b

• (Wiktionary, 2009) ⇒ http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/processed
  • Adjective
    • 1. That has completed a required process.
      • The processed data can now be used to generate statistics.
      • The bank returned her processed application by mail.
    • 2. Modified through manufacture such as refinement or food processing.
      • Processed foods are of dubious nutritional value.
  • Verb
    • 1. Simple past tense and past participle of process.

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