electronic data processing

1. 1.

   automatic data processing by electronic means without the use of tabulating cards or punched tapes

   SynonymsEDP

   Broaderautomatic data processing

Questions about electronic data processing

What does electronic data processing mean?

electronic data processing means "automatic data processing by electronic means without the use of tabulating cards or punched tapes".

What is another word for electronic data processing?

Close synonyms include EDP. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is electronic data processing a common word?

electronic data processing is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.