DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM

Data processing techniques are very much dependent on the kind

of applications and the working environment. The activities involved in data processing are along departmental lines and application based such as Store Management, Production Planning & Control, Sales Accounting, Financial Accounting, Student Information System, etc. The basic input data are the real resource of data processing. With the progress in technology the concept of integrated data processing has also come into being. In integrated data processing the output data of one application can be used as the input of another application. Depending upon the application area, working environment and the needs of the management, there are basically two approaches to data processing:

 Centralized data processing

 Decentralized data processing