Data Management or Processing of Data and Approaches of Data Processing

Making the data resource of an organization available for use and controlling, its use is called data management or data processing.

     1.       Data collection

     2.       Data storage

     3.       Data Manipulation

     4.       Data Organization

     5.       Data Retrieval

     6.       Data Analysis

      

       Approaches of Data Processing

    1.       Traditional File Approach or File processing systems

    2.       Data base Approach

    1.       Traditional File Approach or File Processing Systems

In this approach separate application program are written for individual data processing activities. The file processing systems was an early attempt to computerize the manual filing system. A file system is a method for storing and organizing computer files and the data they contain to make it easy to find and access them.

The file systems may use a storage device such as a hard disk and involve maintaining the physical location of the files.

Model of traditional data storage.

    1.       Database Approach

A Database Approach system is computerized record keeping system. It is a system whose general purpose is to maintain data and make it available when it needed.