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Line 11: changes are unwelcome and will be removed. Thanks. --> '''Data processing''' is the [[data collection\|collection]] and manipulation of ~~electronic~~digital data to produce meaningful information.<ref>{{cite book\|last=French\|first=Carl\|title=Data Processing and Information Technology (10th ed.)\|year=1996\|publisher=Thomson\|isbn=1844801004\|page=2\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zVCdg7Tg6-AC&q=inauthor%3A%22Carl%20French%22&pg=PR2}}</ref> Data processing is a form of ''[[information processing]]'', which is the modification (processing) of information in any manner detectable by an observer.<ref group="note">Data processing is distinct from ''[[word processing]]'', which is manipulation of text specifically rather than data generally. {{cite web\|title=data processing\|url=http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/D/data_processing.html\|work=Webopedia\|date=September 1996\|access-date=June 24, 2013}}</ref>

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