THE ART OF INFORMATION PROCESSING : LSUS

DATA PROCESSING SSS1 SECOND TERM       

WEEK 2

THE ART OF INFORMATION PROCESSING

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DEFINITION

Information processing is the acquisition, recording, organization, retrieval, and dissemination of information.

It refers to the manipulation of digitized information by computers and other digital electronic equipment known as Information Technology (IT).

Information processing systems include business software, operating systems, computers, networks and mainframes. A computer information processor processes information to produce understandable results.

This processing includes the acquisition of information, recording, assembling, retrieving or dissemination of information. For example, in printing a text file, an information processor works to translate and format the digital information for a printed form.

  1. Procedure for Information Processing
  1. Collation of information
  2. Organization of information
  3. Analysis of information
  4. Interpretation of information

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