data processing
noun
processing of information, especially the handling of information by computers in accordance with strictly defined systems of procedure.
Also called
information processing.
Origin of data processing
First recorded in 1950–55
OTHER WORDS FROM data processing
data processor, nounWords nearby data processing
data exhaust,
data mining,
data packet,
data pen,
data point,
data processing,
data protection,
data set,
data structure,
data warehouse,
database
Example sentences from the Web for data processing
I went down to the forty-third floor, where we have our laboratories, and let myself into the data-processing center.
The Right Time |Walter Bupp
British Dictionary definitions for data processing
data processing
noun
- a sequence of operations performed on data, esp by a computer, in order to extract information, reorder files, etc
- (as modifier)a data-processing centre
Cultural definitions for data processing
data processing
Either the preparation of data for processing by a computer, or the storage and processing of raw data by the computer itself.