Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
edp is a noun meaning "automatic data processing by electronic means without the use of tabulating cards or punched tapes". It carries one recorded sense.
automatic data processing by electronic means without the use of tabulating cards or punched tapes
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for edp come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.