electronic data processing

Electronic data processing ( EDP ) refers to the electronic recording, processing, transport, output and reproduction of data. It takes place through the execution of processes described by software on hardware systems . The description of the processes can also be part of the hardware (see also firmware ).

In detail, IT includes:

Data acquisition, in which physical values or events through which information is transported ( message ) are encoded into data. This is done using sensors such as keyboards, measuring systems, cameras, etc.
The actual electronic processing of this data. It is carried out by processors by interpreting software produced for the desired processing. See algorithm .
The output of the data on displays or media, which enables their interpretation by humans as a message, or on physical actuators . The transmission of data to a mass storage device or a connected data processing system is also part of the output.

Electronic data processing takes place through electronic data processing systems, which today not only include computers , but also controls, clocks , cell phones and electronic consumer products.

Web links

Wikibooks: EDP - learning and teaching materials

Wiktionary: EDV - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Sascha Kersken: Compendium of information technology. IT basics, programming, media design. Galileo Press, Bonn 2005, ISBN 3-89842-668-8 .
Functional early punch card EDP in the museum
From Hollerith to IBM - The History of Commercial Computing
IBM punch card systems
Heise-Newsticker : Heinz Nixdorf Museum Forum shows Hollerith machine
Thomas Watson Jr .: From the tabulator to IBM's System / 360.
Abbreviations from EDP, IT and technology

Individual evidence

↑ EDP, the. In: DUDEN. Bibliographisches Institut GmbH - Dudenverlag, accessed on December 19, 2019 .
↑ J. Steinhauser: What is EDP? Easily explained. In: Chip . CHIP Digital GmbH, June 29, 2015, accessed on December 20, 2019 : “What does EDV mean? Electronic data processing - EDV for short (in English also EDP for Electronic Data Processing) - is a very broad term that encompasses all aspects of working with data on computers. "

[1] EDP, the. In: DUDEN. Bibliographisches Institut GmbH - Dudenverlag, accessed on December 19, 2019 .

[2] J. Steinhauser: What is EDP? Easily explained. In: Chip . CHIP Digital GmbH, June 29, 2015, accessed on December 20, 2019 : “What does EDV mean? Electronic data processing - EDV for short (in English also EDP for Electronic Data Processing) - is a very broad term that encompasses all aspects of working with data on computers. "