A term referring to the use of computers in recording, classifying, manipulating, and summarizing data
(v ) Electronic Data Processing: another acronym for automated data processing; (n ) the name often applied to the unit within an agency for its management information system (See also ADP and MIS )
Stands for Electronic Data Processing This term was used when mainframes were prosperous Currently this term is rarely used, and MIS (Management Information Systems) is used instead EDP originally means the department where centralized data processing is performed within a company Afterwards, this department has grown to the department where computer systems in a company are totally managed/operated