processing - preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure; "the processing of newly arrived immigrants"; "the processing of ore to obtain minerals"blowing - processing that involves blowing a gas data processing - (computer science) a series of operations on data by a computer in order to retrieve or transform or classify information developing, development - processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible; "the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours" 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" vulcanisation, vulcanization - process of treating rubber or rubberlike materials with sulphur at great heat to improve elasticity and strength or to harden them |