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Record 1 2007-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Taxation
DEF

Data processing largely performed by electronic devices.

OBS

electronic data processing; EDP: terms and definition officially approved by GESC [Government EDP Standards Committee].

OBS

The full term "electronic data processing" is almost never used in combination with other terms forming a phrase constituent.

OBS

electronic data processing: term officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Fiscalité
DEF

Déroulement systématique d'une suite d'opérations portant sur des données traitées par ordinateur.

OBS

Le sigle anglais «EDP» signifie «el ectronic data processing», expression qui, lorsqu'elle figure dans un syntagme, n'est presque jamais utilisée au long.

OBS

informatique : terme uniformisé par le Comité des normes gouvernementales en informatique (CNGI).

OBS

traitement électronique des données : terme uniformisé par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
  • Sistema tributario
DEF

Procesamiento de datos mediante equipos electrónicos; por ejemplo, una computadora (ordenador) digital electrónica con programas almacenados incorporados o una máquina de procesamiento automático de datos.

OBS

procesamiento electrónico de datos: término aceptado oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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