data processing

Definitions

The collection and manipulation of items of data to produce meaningful information.

The systematic performance of operations on data, such as sorting, calculating, or summarizing, to achieve a desired result.

Examples

The company invested in new software to streamline their data processing tasks.

Efficient data processing is essential for analyzing large sets of scientific information.

Synonyms

information processing data handling computing data manipulation information management

Antonyms

data stagnation information neglect manual filing data storage without analysis