The systematic performance of operations upon data. [ ISO/IEC 2382-1 ]
- Example: arithmetic or logic operations upon data, merging or sorting of data, assembling or compiling of programs, or operations on text, such as editing, sorting, merging, storing, retrieving, displaying, or printing. [ ISO/IEC/IEEE 24765 ]
- The term data processing should not be used as a synonym for information processing. [ ISO/IEC/IEEE 24765 ]
