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, noun

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

  1. a sequence of operations performed on data, esp by a computer, in order to extract information, reorder files, etc
  2. (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.