Home › Words › S › subprocessorsubprocessorsubprocessor means A microprocessor that makes up part of a larger processor.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, subprocessor ranks #16,750 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom sub- + processor.nounA microprocessor that makes up part of a larger processor.e.g.“It has two 32-bit microprocessors and four 8-bit subprocessors — not to mention 100 customized gears, 38 sensors, 14 motors and a camera-based optical system.” — 2007 September 13, J. D. Biersdorfer, “Dinosaurs Return, in a 2.0 Version (but Were They Ever Really Gone?)”, in New York Times:An entity that processes data on behalf of another.e.g.“To obtain consent from the data controller for any subprocessor appointments and to flow down the same data protection terms to the subprocessor […]” — 2019, Suzanne Dibble, GDPR For Dummies, page 161:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).