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information processing

information processing

3 4.0
Methods for collecting, storing, and using data with computers
  • noun
  • /ˌɪnfərˈmeɪʃən ˈprɒsɛsɪŋ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : procesamiento de información
  • In order to accomplish this task, the lecturer must understand how each component of the information-processing system functions.
  • information processing speed
  • information processing methodology
  • information processing system

And where information processing is most rich is in living systems.

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Examples

  • The theories attracting the most attention are those involving information processing, memory, and forgetting.

    Academic text (1991)
  • The team developed a new software that enhances information processing by organizing data more efficiently.

  • Given that the brain is an information processing engine, why does it need to feel like anything to be us from the inside?

  • And where information processing is most rich is in living systems.

  • How far did the information make it through the information processing system?

    Academic text (2015)
  • Why do we, unlike cameras, experience the visual information processing that we perform?

  • Have you come up with criteria for information processing that you think would be sufficient?

  • Furthermore, goals may influence other aspects of social information processing.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Yet the role of color in this age of electronic information processing is surprisingly incomplete.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Also, viewing at school could be expected to have provided optimal conditions for concentration and information processing.

    Academic text (1994)

Synonyms

IT
vsinformation processing
  • Specialized
181 3.2

Use of computers and networks to store and send information

refers to the actual methods and sciences not just a short written label
computing
vsinformation processing
  • Specialized
50 3.5

The study and work with computers and systems to handle information

focuses on the underlying methods and sciences of handling information beyond just computers
information technology
vsinformation processing
  • Specialized
25 3.5

The use of computers and networks to store, find and send data

focuses on the methods and sciences for handling information rather than tool use
data processing
vsinformation processing
  • Specialized
6 3.7

A set of steps a computer follows to get, change, or sort information

covers wider methods including collection, organization, and scientific study beyond steps
informatics
vsinformation processing
  • Specialized
4 6.0

The study of how computers collect, store, and use information

focuses on practical methods and techniques for handling information rather than only a discipline
information science
vsinformation processing
  • Specialized
1 3.8

The study of how people collect, organize, store, and find information using computers

emphasizes the actual methods and processes for handling information rather than only study
infotech
vsinformation processing
  • Jargon
1 3.8

An area that uses computers and networks to store, find, and send information

is broader, covering the scientific methods and organization of information beyond technology
automatic data processing
vsinformation processing
  • Specialized
3.6

Computers process information without people doing it

includes methods done by both people and machines for working with information

How Automated

automatic data processing
  • Specialized
3.6
information processing
  • Specialized
3 4.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

information + processing

The meaning 'methods for handling information' is directly and compositionally derived from combining 'information' (data or knowledge) with 'processing' (the actions or operations performed). This noun–noun compound follows a regular English pattern and has clear equivalents in many languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily understand it.

Etymology

Information processing paints a picture of a factory where raw facts arrive and workers or machines sort, clean and store them. That's why today it means the ways computers and people collect, organize, store and use information.