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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

physical entity go
an entity that has physical existence

process, physical process go
a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states

processing go
preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure

data processing
(computer science) a series of operations on data by a computer in order to retrieve or transform or classify information

noun.process

11 Subcategories

administrative data processing, business data processing go
data processing in accounting or business management
automatic data processing, ADP go
data processing by a computer
data mining go
data processing using sophisticated data search capabilities and statistical algorithms to discover patterns and correlations in large preexisting databases
distributed data processing, remote-access data processing, teleprocessing go
data processing in which some of the functions are performed in different places and connected by transmission facilities
list processing go
processing data that is given in the form of chained lists
multiprocessing, parallel processing go
simultaneous processing by two or more processing units
operation go
(computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction)
priority processing go
data processing in which the operations performed are determined by a system of priorities
real-time processing, real-time operation go
data processing fast enough to keep up with an outside process
serial processing go
sequential processing by two or more processing units
word processing go
rapid and efficient processing (storage and printing) of linguistic data for composition and editing