integrated data processing
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integrated data processing
[′in·tə‚grād·əd ¦dad·ə ′prä·ses·iŋ] (computer science)
Data processing that has been organized and carried out as a whole, so that intermediate outputs may serve as inputs for subsequent processing with no human copying required. Abbreviated IDP.
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