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information processing

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noun

  1. computing the combined processing of numerical data, graphics, text, etc

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The reasons for this are complicated, but one is that it’s simpler to teach reading in the early years than to teach reasoning, reading for meaning and information processing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

If it emerges from certain kinds of information processing, then advanced AI systems might someday meet the criteria.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

These systems are designed to protect delicate quantum information and continue operating reliably despite errors and noise -- the holy grail of quantum information processing.

From Science Daily • Jan. 12, 2026

Paulsen takes the level of new era economic spending from the GDP accounts, defining it as investment spending on information processing equipment and intellectual property products.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 2, 2026

That’s a fivefold increase in the size of the group, but a twentyfold increase in the amount of information processing needed to “know” the other members of the group.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell