information processing
Definition
Noun: 1. The sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information: This term refers to the academic disciplines and technical fields that study and implement the systematic handling of data. It encompasses the entire cycle from data collection to its organization and access.
Usage
This is a formal, uncountable noun typically used in academic, scientific, and technological contexts to describe a field of study or a systematic activity. - It is often used as a compound noun: information processing. - It can function as a noun modifier, as in "information processing system" or "information processing theory."
Examples
- Noun:
- Cognitive psychology studies the information processing that occurs in the human mind.
- Advances in information processing have revolutionized modern libraries and databases.
- The course covers the fundamentals of information processing.
Advanced Usage
- "human information processing": A subfield focusing on how people perceive, remember, and think about information.
- The model of human information processing compares the mind to a computer.
- Used in specific compound terms within the field:
- Parallel information processing allows multiple computations to occur simultaneously.
Variants and Related Words
- Information Technology (IT): A closely related but broader field that includes the use of computers and telecommunications to handle information.
- Data Processing: A more specific term often referring to the mechanical or electronic manipulation of data.
- Processor (n): A device or person that processes something.
- Process (v/n): To perform a series of operations on data; a series of actions or steps.
Synonyms
- Data handling
- Information management (though this often implies a more strategic, business-oriented focus)
Related Phrases
- Information processing system: A complete setup (human, computer, or hybrid) designed to carry out information processing.
- The brain is a highly complex biological information processing system.
- Speed of information processing: A measure of how quickly a system can handle data.
- The new algorithm significantly increased the speed of information processing.
Noun
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the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information
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