S: (n) operation ((computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction)) "it can perform millions of operations per second"
S: (n) data processing ((computer science) a series of operations on data by a computer in order to retrieve or transform or classify information)
S: (n) processing (preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure) "the processing of newly arrived immigrants"; "the processing of ore to obtain minerals"
S: (n) process, physical process (a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states) "events now in process"; "the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls"