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automatic data processing

1. Data processing largely performed by automatic means.
2. That branch of science and technology concerned with methods and techniques relating to data processing largely performed by automatic means.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

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Noun

automatic data processing - data processing by a computer

ADP

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

EDP, electronic data processing - automatic data processing by electronic means without the use of tabulating cards or punched tapes

IDP, integrated data processing - automatic data processing in which data acquisition and other stages or processing are integrated into a coherent system

Translations

traitement automatique de données

elaborazione automatica di dati trattamento automatico di dati

automatic data processing

n → elaborazione f automatica dei dati

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