electronic data processing
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of electronic data processing
First recorded in 1960–65
Example Sentences
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For the past three years, one-tenth of new U.S. investment in plant and equipment has gone into computers, enough to make electronic data processing the nation's fastest-growing major industry.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Methodist Church utilizes electronic data processing to keep tabs on its 37,600 U.S. parishes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Among Wishart's plans for Honeywell: increased concentration on electronic data processing.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is now the world's largest and most sophisticated manufacturer of automatic control systems, turning out 13,000 products so diverse that they encompass a 600 microswitch and a $3,000,000 electronic data processing system.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is the first graduate business school to stress behavioral sciences, higher mathematics electronic data processing and management simulation exercises as basic for managerial careers.
From Time Magazine Archive
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