automatic data processing by electronic means without the use of tabulating cards or punched tapes
See AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING (ADP).
The use of computer and other peripheral equipment in all areas of the store and headquarters to assemble, calculate and store information. See buying, ordering; accounting and controls; checkout operations; electronic funds transfer system.
Data processing by electronic equipment. Pressure sensitive labels produced for imprinting on this equipment incorporate line hole punching and perforations.
A term referring to the use of computers in recording, classifying, manipulating, and summarizing data.
Electronic data processing (also: Information Technology or IT) can refer to the use of automated methods to process commercial data. Typically, this uses relatively simple, repetitive activities to process large volumes of similar information. For example: stock updates applied to an inventory, banking transactions applied to account and customer master files, booking and ticketing transactions to an airline's reservation system, billing for utility services.