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automatic data processing

1. Data processing largely performed by automatic means.
2. That branch of science and technology concerned with methods and techniques relating to data processing largely performed by automatic means.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
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Noun1.automatic data processing - data processing by a computerautomatic data processing - data processing by a computer  
ADP
data processing - (computer science) a series of operations on data by a computer in order to retrieve or transform or classify information
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
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Translations
traitement automatique de données

automatic data processing

n → elaborazione f automatica dei dati
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