FIRST LINK BETWEEN ‘ DATA ’ AND COMPUTER TECH

For the first time , data ’ s meaning is recorded as being linked to computer technologies .

At this point in time , its meaning expands to “ transmittable and storable information by which computer operations are performed ”.

THE FIRST USE OF ‘ DATA PROCESSING ’

1954 marks the first instance of the use of the word ‘ data processing ’.

This is shortly followed by the first use of ‘ database ’ ( a " structured collection of data in a computer ") in 1962 , and ‘ data entry ’ in 1970 .

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