Processing and Testing

noun

• Preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure.
  • usage: "the processing of newly arrived immigrants"; "the processing of ore to obtain minerals"

verb

• Subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition.
  • usage: "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals"; "treat an oil spill"
  • synonyms: process, treat
• Deal with in a routine way.
  • usage: "I'll handle that one"; "process a loan"; "process the applicants"
  • synonyms: process
• Perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information.
  • usage: "The results of the elections were still being processed when he gave his acceptance speech"
  • synonyms: process
• Institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against.
  • usage: "He was warned that the district attorney would process him"; "She actioned the company for discrimination"
  • synonyms: action, sue, litigate, process
• March in a procession.
  • usage: "They processed into the dining room"
  • synonyms: march, process
• Shape, form, or improve a material.
  • usage: "work stone into tools"; "process iron"; "work the metal"
  • synonyms: work, work on, process
• Deliver a warrant or summons to someone.
  • usage: "He was processed by the sheriff"
  • synonyms: serve, process, swear out

Processing are the steps a lender takes with your loan application to gather your information for underwriting. Processing involves building your file of information for your loan. Processing includes getting the credit report, appraisal, verification of employment, assets, etc.

(DoD) In photography, the operations necessary to produce negatives, diapositives, or prints from exposed films, plates, or paper.
(DoD) A system of operations designed to convert raw data into useful information.

noun

• The act of subjecting to experimental test in order to determine how well something works.
  • usage: "they agreed to end the testing of atomic weapons"
• An examination of the characteristics of something.
  • usage: "there are laboratories for commercial testing"; "it involved testing thousands of children for smallpox"
• The act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned.
  • synonyms: examination

verb

• Put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to.
  • usage: "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe"
  • synonyms: test, prove, try, try out, examine, essay
• Test or examine for the presence of disease or infection.
  • usage: "screen the blood for the HIV virus"
  • synonyms: screen, test
• Examine someone's knowledge of something.
  • usage: "The teacher tests us every week"; "We got quizzed on French irregular verbs"
  • synonyms: quiz, test
• Show a certain characteristic when tested.
  • usage: "He tested positive for HIV"
  • synonyms: test
• Achieve a certain score or rating on a test.
  • usage: "She tested high on the LSAT and was admitted to all the good law schools"
  • synonyms: test
• Determine the presence or properties of (a substance.
  • synonyms: test
• Undergo a test.
  • usage: "She doesn't test well"
  • synonyms: test

• (p.pr.&vb.n.) of Test.
• (n.) The act of testing or proving; trial; proof.
• (n.) The operation of refining gold or silver in a test or cupel; cupellation.