What does processed mean in shipping?

What does processed through Sort Facility mean?

• What does this mean and when should the package arrive at my house? Just assumptions, please and thanks :) Class: First-Class Mail® Service(s): Delivery Confirmation™ Status: Processed through Sort Facility Your item was processed through and left our SANTA CLARITA, CA 91383 facility on October 02, 2010. The item is currently in transit to the destination. Information, if available, is updated periodically throughout the day. Please check again later. Detailed Results: Processed through Sort Facility, October 02, 2010, 11:52 pm, SANTA CLARITA, CA 91383 Processed through Sort Facility, October 01, 2010, 7:24 pm, SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92403 Electronic Shipping Info Received, October 01, 2010

• Answer:

  It means the item you ordered was taken out of the warehouse and sent to the USPS, which took the package at San Bernardino, CA. Then, the next day, it was sent to the Santa Clarita facility. The next step is probably putting it on a truck or airplane to a city near you. It will then go to a local sorting facility and on to your post office, from which it will be delivered.