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Latest revision as of 21:36, 17 December 2016
Data processing is, generally, "the collection and manipulation of items of data to produce meaningful information."
In this sense it can be considered a subset of information processing, "the change (processing) of information in any manner detectable by an observer."
The term Data processing (DP) has also been used previously to refer to a department within an organization responsible for the operation of data processing applications.
In the News
Herman Hollerith is recognized as a pioneer of data processing.
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links:
- Data processing @ Wikipedia