data processing
noun
: the converting of raw data to machine-readable form and its subsequent processing (such as storing, updating, rearranging, or printing out) by a computer
data processor
noun
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Shift data processing closer to the user by using the devices themselves.
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Avery Pennarun, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
In 1959, after learning to code on the job just a few years prior, Sammet helped write the foundation of Cobol, a programming language widely used in computers that performed large-scale data processing jobs.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Dec. 2024
This means designing workflows where AI handles pattern recognition and data processing tasks, while humans provide the strategic oversight and contextual understanding that AI lacks.
—Charles Towers-Clark, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Nvidia — once a tiny Intel competitor making graphics processing units (GPUs) for gaming applications — became, in the span of a few years, essential to the tech industry because those same chips are needed to efficiently power the massive data processing needs of artificial intelligence.
—Clare Duffy, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
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Avery Pennarun, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
In 1959, after learning to code on the job just a few years prior, Sammet helped write the foundation of Cobol, a programming language widely used in computers that performed large-scale data processing jobs.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Dec. 2024
This means designing workflows where AI handles pattern recognition and data processing tasks, while humans provide the strategic oversight and contextual understanding that AI lacks.
—Charles Towers-Clark, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Nvidia — once a tiny Intel competitor making graphics processing units (GPUs) for gaming applications — became, in the span of a few years, essential to the tech industry because those same chips are needed to efficiently power the massive data processing needs of artificial intelligence.
—Clare Duffy, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Data processing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/data%20processing. Accessed 3 Jan. 2025.
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