'''Automatic data processing''' (ADP) may refer to:
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* [[Automatic Data Processing]], a computing services company.
In [[telecommunication]], the term '''automatic data processing''' (ADP) has the following meanings:
* [[Data processing]] using mechanical or electronic equipment, [[Electronic data processing]]
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#An interacting assembly of procedures, processes, methods, personnel, and equipment to perform automatically a series of [[data processing]] operations on data. (The data processing operations may result in a change in the semantic content of the data.)
#Data processing by means of one or more devices that use common [[Computer data storage|storage]] for all or part of a [[computer program]], and also for all or part of the data necessary for execution of the program; that execute [[User (telecommunications)|user]]-written or user-designated programs; that perform user-designated symbol manipulation, such as arithmetic operations, logic [[Operation (mathematics)|operation]], or [[character string]] manipulations; and that can execute programs that modify themselves during their execution. Automatic data processing may be performed by a stand-alone unit or by several connected units.
#Data processing largely performed by automatic means.
#That branch of science and technology concerned with methods and techniques relating to data processing largely performed by automatic means.
==References==
*{{FS1037C MS188}}
*[[Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms]]
