data processing

Data processing is defined as the converting of information into something that is understood by a computer.

(noun)

An example of data processing is typing sales numbers into an inventory control software program.

See data processing in Webster's New World College Dictionary

the rapid recording and handling of large amounts of information, as business data, by means of mechanical or, esp., computer equipment

See data processing in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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