data processing

2 definitions found

data processing - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  data processing
      n 1: (computer science) a series of operations on data by a
           computer in order to retrieve or transform or classify
           information

data processing - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  data processing
  
     <application> The input, verification, organisation, storage,
     retrieval, transformation, and extraction of information
     from data.  The term is normally associated with commercial
     applications such as stock control or payroll.
  
     (1995-03-30)