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data processing
(data pro¦cess|ing)
noun
[
mass noun
]
the carrying out of operations on data, especially by a computer, to retrieve, transform, or classify information:
management strategies in data processing
[
as modifier
]
:
data-processing systems
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data processor
noun
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