A water company sends out clerks to read meters. The data collected by the clerks is then fed into the computer and then all bills are...

      

A water company sends out clerks to read meters. The data collected
by the clerks is then fed into the computer and then all bills are printed at
the same time.
(a)State two advantages of this approach
(b) Name this type of data processing.

  

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Kavungya
(a)State two advantages of this approach;
- Shifts time of processing to when computers are less busy.
- No user input required hence no idle computer time as it awaits input.
- Input is done once (batch).
- Can enable use of hired equipment hence cost effective.
(b) Name this type of data processing.
- Batch processing.
- Electronic
Kavungya answered the question on May 7, 2019 at 13:51


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