It has a history as long as paper processing.

I am making my way through Columbia University, surrounded by students who quickly supply the verbal answer while I am still processing the question.

In mature, fully developed countries such as the UK, more-efficient farming practices and better transport, storage and processing facilities ensure that a larger proportion of the food produced reaches markets and consumers.

In processing foods after the agricultural stage, there are large additional uses of water that need to be tackled in a world of growing demand

Energy to power machinery, both on the farm and in the storage and processing facilities, adds to the energy total, which currently represents about 3.1% of annual global energy consumption.

We can invent computers capable of processing ten million calculations per second.

When the health insurance industry was still cooperating in reform efforts, its trade group offered to provide standardized forms for automated processing.