Skip to content
EntityQ1381169· pop 30· linked from 113 articles

electronic data processing

Sign in to save

Also known as computer data processing, EDP, automatic data processing, automated data processing, ADP

use of automated methods to process commercial data

Wikidata facts

Image
Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F038812-0022, Wolfsburg, VW Autowerk, EDV.jpg
Show 2 more facts
short name
ADP
P13411
infinity
Sources (2)

via Wikidata · CC0

~9 min read

Article

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

Connections

Categories