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teleprocessing

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tel⋅e⋅proc⋅ess⋅ing

[tel-uh-pros-es-ing, -uh-sing or, especially Brit., -proh-ses-ing, -proh-suh-sing]
–noun Computers.
computerized processing and transmission of data over the telephone or other long-distance communications systems.


Origin:
1960–65; tele- 1 + processing
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tel·e·proc·ess·ing   (těl'ə-prŏs'ěs'ĭng, -prō'sěs'-)   
n.  Computer service by means of terminals remote from the central computer.
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