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A '''data processing system''' is a combination of [[machine]]s<!-- "data processing" is specific to machines, there is no data but storage processing in nature, see the OED -->, people, and processes that for a set of [[Input/output|inputs]] produces a defined set of [[Input/output|outputs]]. The inputs and outputs are interpreted as [[data]], [[fact]]s, [[information]] etc. depending on the interpreter's relation to the system.

A term commonly used synonymously with ''data or storage (codes) processing system'' is ''[[Information systems#Types of information systems|information system]]''.<ref name=Ralston>{{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of Computer Science 4th ed.|editor=Anthony Ralston et al|display-editors=etal |year=2000|publisher=Nature Publishing Group|page=865}}</ref> With regard particularly to [[electronic data processing]], the corresponding concept is referred to as '''electronic data processing system'''.

A data processing system may involve some combination of: