A machine that processes data. Essentially, all computers are machines that process data by calculating, comparing and copying the data. See data processing and 3 C's. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL ...

(1) The first industry title. From the early 1900s to the 1960s, data processing was tabulating machines and punch card processing. Thereafter, it referred to computer processing. By the 1980s, the ...

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