In computing and office talk, DP stands for data processing: taking facts — numbers, names, records — and running them through machines so they become useful lists, totals, files, or reports.

In computing and office talk在電腦和辦公室用語裡, DP stands for data processingDP 代表 data processing，也就是資料處理: taking facts — numbers, names, records把事實——數字、姓名、紀錄 — and running them through machines拿去用機器處理 so they become useful lists, totals, files, or reports變成有用的清單、總計、檔案或報告.

You meet it in older job titles (DP manager, DP department) and in school or business writing from the years when computers first entered offices. Though actually, people today more often say IT, computing, or just 'data.' DP in this sense is a bit old-fashioned as everyday speech, but it still turns up in textbooks, company charts, and history.

You meet it in older job titles你會在比較舊的職稱裡看到它，像 DP manager、DP department and in school or business writing from the years when computers first entered offices也會出現在電腦剛進入辦公室那個年代的學校或商業文書裡. Though actually不過事實上, people today more often say IT, computing, or just 'data.'現在的人比較常說 IT、computing，或直接說 'data.' DP in this sense is a bit old-fashioned as everyday speech這個意思的 DP 當日常用語有點過時了, but it still turns up in textbooks, company charts, and history不過它還是會出現在教科書、公司組織圖，和歷史裡.

This is not the only thing the letters DP can mean — elsewhere they might stand for something completely different — but here they mean the computing one.

This is not the only thing the letters DP can mean這幾個字母不是只能代表這個意思 — elsewhere they might stand for something completely different在別的地方它們可能代表完全不同的東西 — but here they mean the computing one但在這裡指的就是電腦這個意思.