information processing
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information processing
n
(Computer Science) computing the combined processing of numerical data, graphics, text, etc
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Noun | 1. | information processing - the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information science, scientific discipline - a particular branch of scientific knowledge; "the science of genetics" computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures human language technology, natural language processing, NLP - the branch of information science that deals with natural language information cybernetics - (biology) the field of science concerned with processes of communication and control (especially the comparison of these processes in biological and artificial systems) queue - (information processing) an ordered list of tasks to be performed or messages to be transmitted |
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information processing
n (Comput) → elaborazione f delle informazioniCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995