AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does automatic data processing system mean? 

• AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM (noun)
  The noun AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM has 1 sense:

1. a system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage

  Familiarity information: AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

ADP system; ADPS; automatic data processing system; computer system; computing system

Hypernyms ("automatic data processing system" is a kind of...):

system (instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity)

Meronyms (parts of "automatic data processing system"):

auxiliary equipment; off-line equipment (electronic equipment not in direct communication (or under the control of) the central processing unit)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "automatic data processing system"):

backup system (a computer system for making backups)

platform (the combination of a particular computer and a particular operating system)