A series of action or activities performed on data to convert it into meaningful information is called operation. An operation is also called data processing. In electronic data processing, software is used to process data. Software converts data into meaningful information.
Activities in data processing:
Basic activities that are involved in data processing are as follows:
1) Data Capturing
2) Data Manipulation
3) Managing output results
1) Data Capturing: The process of collecting data and recording it in a form such that it can be processed easily is called data capturing. Data is captured before it is processed. Data may first be recoded on source documents.
2) Data Manipulation: The process of applying different operations on the collected data to achive the required results is called data manipulation.
3) Managing output results: Managing output results is properly is called managing out put results.