1Abbreviation of "word processor." Originally referred to dedicated word-processing machines (ワープロ専用機) that were widespread in Japanese offices and homes from the 1980s through the '90s. Now almost entirely supplanted by PCs running software like Microsoft Word; the word survives mainly when older speakers loosely refer to such software, or in nostalgic / historical contexts.
うちの父は今でもワープロでしか文章を書けない。
My dad still can't write anything except on a word processor.
押し入れから昔のワープロが出てきて懐かしくなった。
An old word processor turned up in the closet and brought back memories.
90年代の事務所には、机ごとにワープロが置かれていた。
In offices in the '90s, every desk had its own word processor.
祖母はパソコンの文書ソフトのことをいまだに「ワープロ」と呼ぶ。
My grandmother still calls word-processing software on the PC "ワープロ."