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electronic data capture

 
 
noun [U] (abbreviation EDC) IT

Definition

the process of using computer equipment or software to read and store information from documents, credit cards, etc.: Electronic data capture via the internet is one of the ways we are modernising our clinical audit techniques.
(Definition of electronic data capture noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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