Data processing (disambiguation)
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Data processing most often refers to Computer data processing, computer processes that convert data into information or knowledge.
Data processing may also refer to:
Data processing may also refer to:
- Automatic data processingAutomatic data processingIn telecommunication, the term automatic data processing has the following meanings:#An interacting assembly of procedures, processes, methods, personnel, and equipment to perform automatically a series of data processing operations on data...
, has the following meanings - Data analysisData analysisAnalysis of data is a process of inspecting, cleaning, transforming, and modeling data with the goal of highlighting useful information, suggesting conclusions, and supporting decision making...
; processing data with the goal of highlighting, drawing conclusions, and supporting decision making - Data entry done by a data entry clerkData entry clerkA data entry clerk, sometimes called a typist, is a member of staff employed to type data into a database using a keyboard. The keyboards used can often have specialist keys and multiple colours to help them in the task and speed up the work.-Examples:...
- Data processing system, a system which processes data which has been captured and encoded in a format recognizable by the data processing system or has been created and stored by another unit of an information processing system
- Electronic data processingElectronic data processingElectronic Data Processing can refer to the use of automated methods to process commercial data. Typically, this uses relatively simple, repetitive activities to process large volumes of similar information...
or EDP - Information processingInformation processingInformation processing is the change of information in any manner detectable by an observer. As such, it is a process which describes everything which happens in the universe, from the falling of a rock to the printing of a text file from a digital computer system...
; the change (processing), of information in any manner detectable by an observer - Unit record equipmentUnit record equipmentBefore the advent of electronic computers, data processing was performed using electromechanical devices called unit record equipment, electric accounting machines or tabulating machines. Unit record machines were as ubiquitous in industry and government in the first half of the twentieth century...
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