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data processing

–noun
processing of information, esp. the handling of information by computers in accordance with strictly defined systems of procedure.


Origin:
1950–55


data processor, noun
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Main Entry:  information processing
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  the process of gathering, retrieval, storage, searching of informational data; also called data processing
Usage:  computing
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