Definitions for data processing
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
da′ta proc`essing(n.)
the automated processing of information, esp. by computers.
Category: Computers
Origin of data processing:
1950–55
da′ta proc`essor(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
data processing(noun)
(computer science) a series of operations on data by a computer in order to retrieve or transform or classify information
Wiktionary
data processing(Noun)
Any of many techniques in which data is retrieved, stored, classified, manipulated, transmitted and/or reported in such a way as to generate information; especially such processing using computers.
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