electronic data processing
Sign in to saveAlso known as computer data processing, EDP, automatic data processing, automated data processing, ADP
use of automated methods to process commercial data
Research
53,582 papers- Electronic data processing in pediatric EEG research.Neuropadiatrie · 1971
- Electronic data processing.Hospitals · 1970
- Blood group terminology suitable for use in electronic data processing equipment.Transfusion · 1992
- [MEDICAL ASPECTS OF ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING IN MEDICINE].Elektro Medizin; Biomedizin und Technik · 1964
- Electronic-data-processing in clinical biochemistry.Singapore medical journal · 1975
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Encyclopedic overview
Electronic data processing (EDP) or business information processing can refer to the use of automated methods to process commercial data. Typically, this uses relatively simple, repetitive activities to process large volumes of similar information. For example: stock updates applied to an inventory, banking transactions applied to account and customer master files, booking and ticketing transactions to an airline's reservation system, billing for utility services. The modifier "electronic" or "automatic" was used with "data processing" (DP), especially c. 1960, to distinguish human clerical data processing from that done by computer.
History
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