subprocessor

plural subprocessors

1. A microprocessor that makes up part of a larger processor.

   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

2. An entity that processes data on behalf of another.

   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