USPS what does this mean?

[Golfer18--old]

Your item has arrived at the ************ processing center at 1:33 am on March 14, 2002. Status is updated every evening. Please check again later


What the hell is the processing center, never seen that before

 

[diamonddiceclay]

united states postal service

 

[jack hust]

the place were it gets shipped out city to city thats all

 

[gilly6993-recreatedbygeorge]

When they track a package every time it stops somewhere they scan the bar code. The processing center is just a stop along the way for distribution. Next stop should be your post office and then your house!