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AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Data processing by a computer
Synonyms:
ADP; automatic data processing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("automatic data processing" is a kind of...):
data processing ((computer science) a series of operations on data by a computer in order to retrieve or transform or classify information)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "automatic data processing"):
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)
