Data processing

Data processing is, broadly, "the collection and manipulation of items of data to produce meaningful information."

Description

In this sense it can be considered a subset of information processing, "the change (processing) of information in any manner detectable by an observer."

The term is often used more specifically in the context of a business or other organization to refer to the class of commercial data processing applications.

See also

• Code
• Computing
• Data (computing)
• Information
• Information processing
• Information system

External links

• Data processing @ Wikipedia