(computer science) a series of operations on data by a computer in order to retrieve or transform or classify information
A general term for any work done on a computer, especially work done by the computer Often applies especially to database work, as distinguished from desktop publishing, word processing, programming, or spreadsheet calculation
Covers the actions taken by the Computer Department on data files such as sortation, file formatting, generating salutations etc
taking 'raw' data such as weather data from an electronic weather station and using it to produce useful output such as rainfall bar charts or temperature graphs
Handling information, either manually or electronically, such as posting daily transactions and computing interest
(p 522) Name for business technology in the 1970s; included technology that supported an existing business and was primarily used to improve the flow of financial information
Organization of data for the purpose of producing desired information; involves recording, classifying, sorting, summarizing, calculating, disseminating and storing data (The February issue of Quirk's Marketing Research Review has a section devoted to data processing service providers )
the conversion of crude information into data that is in a usable or storable form
Data processing is the series of operations that are carried out on data, especially by computers, in order to present, interpret, or obtain information. Taylor's company makes data-processing systems. the use of computers to store and organize information, especially in business. Manipulation of data by a computer. It includes the conversion of raw data to machine-readable form, flow of data through the CPU and memory to output devices, and formatting or transformation of output. Any use of computers to perform defined operations on data can be included under data processing. In the commercial world, data processing refers to the processing of data required to run organizations and businesses
Application of procedures, mechanical, electrical, computational, or other, whereby data are changed from one form into another
using computer hardware and software to manipulate data and perform calculations Traitement de données
This describes the process of handling the large volumes of data that arise from an organisations daily activities Although data processing describes a wide range of activities, the most common are transaction processing and process control
Systematically performing a series of actions with data May be done by manual, mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic (primarily computer) means Often used interchangeably with automatic data processing (ADP) See also AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING (ADP), INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
The execution of a systematic sequence of operations performed on data Synonymous with information processing