data processing(n = noun.process) - (computer science) a series of operations on data by a computer in order to retrieve or transform or classify information;
is a kind of processing
has parts: execution, instruction execution
has particulars: administrative data processing, business data processing, adp, automatic data processing, data mining, distributed data processing, remote-access data processing, teleprocessing, list processing, multiprocessing, parallel processing, operation, priority processing, real-time operation, real-time processing, serial processing, word processing

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