Talk:Processor (computing)

This  level-5 vital article is rated Start-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects:

Computing High‑importance This article is within the scope of WikiProject Computing, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of computers, computing, and information technology on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.ComputingWikipedia:WikiProject ComputingTemplate:WikiProject ComputingComputing High This article has been rated as High-importance on the project's importance scale. This article is supported by Computer hardware task force (assessed as Top-importance).

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 30 August 2021 and 10 December 2021. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Braedensb. Peer reviewers: Ronaldwsh, Sticky MD, Iamfromhouston.

Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT (talk) 15:21, 18 January 2022 (UTC)Reply

This looks more like a skeleton page, like in a dictionary, than an actual encyclopedia.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2a02:a03f:aada:2701:75af:c2fa:c113:e5e6 (talk) 11:39, 19 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

That's because nobody added much to it. It was originally a redirect, and then had some stuff added to it, but not a lot. You can add more information that you think would be useful. Guy Harris (talk) 11:49, 19 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 26 August 2025 and 4 December 2025. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Karen8706298, Ky1204, Shinrebe, Alanausc (article contribs).

— Assignment last updated by 1namesake1 (talk) 17:59, 6 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

In computing, a processor is not always hardware. A hardware processor is hardware! I write processors in code all the time. And that would fall under computing. So, maybe this should be titled Processor (hardware). Stevebroshar (talk) 15:06, 29 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

Given that, in Processor, "Processor (computing)" is listed in Processor § Hardware, not in Processor § Computing, renaming this to "Processor (hardware)" might make sense.

Presumably the processors you write are "processors" in the sense of, for example, word processors and document processors, i.e. they process information, but by running on a processor (computing), not in the same fashion as a processor (computing); those are listed in Processor § Software.

So propose a move. Guy Harris (talk) 01:44, 27 December 2025 (UTC)Reply