automatic data processing
- noun
- Specialized
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procesamiento automático de datos
- With automatic data processing, large datasets can be analyzed efficiently, reducing the need for manual work.
Examples
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The new software facilitates automatic data processing, enabling quick and accurate results without human input.
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In modern companies, automatic data processing allows employees to focus on more strategic tasks.
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(1) The first level provides automatic data processing and analysis of the results (the latter is available for a wide range of users); (2) the second level is intended for the detailed analysis of hypotheses that can be formulated by specialists at the first level.
Academic text (2018)
Synonyms
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3.3
Use of machines or computers to do work without people helping
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3.7
A set of steps a computer follows to get, change, or sort information
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4.0
Methods for collecting, storing, and using data with computers
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3.9
A way to run many computer tasks one after another without a person doing each
Using computers to change, store, or organize information without people doing it
How Automatic
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- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
automatic + data + processing
The meaning 'the processing of data automatically' is directly and compositionally derived from the constituents 'automatic' (without human input) + 'data' (information) + 'processing' (systematic actions). This is a regular noun phrase following standard English composition patterns and has close equivalents in many languages, so a B1 learner who knows the component words should be able to understand it.
Etymology
Automatic data processing comes from the image of a machine that takes piles of information and sorts or calculates them by itself. Because automatic means it works on its own and data processing means handling information, the phrase now means using computers 'to handle information without people doing each step'.