Definitions for "Central Processor"
Also called federal student aid processor is the federal government's computer system that analyzes the information on your FAFSA, calculates how much you and your family can pay toward college, and sends out the Student Aid Report.
The company that has a contract with the U.S. Department of Education to process Federal Student Aid Forms.
The federal government’s computer system that analyzes the information on your FAFSA, calculates how much you and your family can pay toward college, and sends out the Student Aid Report; also called federal student aid processor.
The part of the computer (machine) that contains the sequencing and processing facilities for instruction execution, initial program load and other machine operations.
The heart of the computer system, where data is manipulated and calculations are performed. The CPU contains a control unit to interpret and execute the program and an arithmetic-logic unit to perform computations and logical processes. It also routes information, controls input and output, and temporarily stores data.
(computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing; the CPU and the memory form the central part of a computer to which the peripherals are attached