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data processing

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of many techniques in which data is retrieved, stored, classified, manipulated, transmitted and/or reported in such a way as to generate information; especially such processing using computers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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noun

Meaning 2

(computer science) a series of operations on data by a computer in order to retrieve or transform or classify information

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: processing

Narrower terms: administrative data processing, business data processing, automatic data processing, ADP, data mining, distributed data processing, remote-access data processing, teleprocessing, list processing, multiprocessing, parallel processing, operation, priority processing, real-time processing, real-time operation, serial processing, word processing

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Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: dataverwerking — operations on data
  • Albanian: përpunimi i të dhënave — operations on data
  • Arabic: معالجَة البيانات — operations on data
  • Bengali: উপাত্ত প্রক্রিয়াজাতকরণ (upatto prokriẏajatkoron) — operations on data
  • Bulgarian: обработка на данни (obrabotka na danni) — operations on data
  • Catalan: processament de dades — operations on data
  • Chinese Mandarin: 數據處理 /数据处理 (shùjù chǔlǐ) — operations on data
  • Czech: zpracování dat — operations on data
  • Danish: databehandling — operations on data
  • Estonian: andmetöötlus — operations on data
  • Finnish: tietojenkäsittely — operations on data
  • French: traitement de données — operations on data
  • German: Datenverarbeitung — operations on data
  • Greek: επεξεργασία δεδομένων (epexergasía dedoménon) — operations on data
  • Indonesian: pengolahan data — operations on data
  • Irish: próiseáil sonraí — operations on data
  • Italian: elaborazione dati — operations on data
  • Japanese: データ処理 (dēta shori) — operations on data
  • Korean: 데이터 처리 (deiteo cheori) — operations on data
  • Lithuanian: duomenų apdorojimas — operations on data
  • Norwegian Bokmål: databehandling — operations on data
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: databehandling — operations on data
  • Persian: پردازش دادهها (pardazeshe dadehha) — operations on data
  • Polish: przetwarzanie danych — operations on data
  • Portuguese: processamento de dados — operations on data
  • Romanian: prelucrare de date — operations on data
  • Russian: обрабо́тка да́нных (obrabótka dánnyx) — operations on data
  • Spanish: procesamiento de datos — operations on data
  • Turkish: veri işleme — operations on data
  • Ukrainian: редагування даних (redahuvannja danyx) — operations on data
  • Vietnamese: xử lí dữ liệu — operations on data