data processing
English Thesaurus
1. (computer science) a series of operations on data by a computer in order to retrieve or transform or classify information (noun.process)
| hypernym | : | processing, |
| definition | : | preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | data mining, |
| definition | : | data processing using sophisticated data search capabilities and statistical algorithms to discover patterns and correlations in large preexisting databases; a way to discover new meaning in data (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | list processing, |
| definition | : | processing data that is given in the form of chained lists (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | operation, |
| definition | : | (computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction) (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | priority processing, |
| definition | : | data processing in which the operations performed are determined by a system of priorities (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | serial processing, |
| definition | : | sequential processing by two or more processing units (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | word processing, |
| definition | : | rapid and efficient processing (storage and printing) of linguistic data for composition and editing (noun.process) |
| domain category | : | computer science, computing, |
| definition | : | the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures (noun.cognition) |
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