ADP
Dictionary entry overview: What does ADP mean?
• ADP (noun)
The noun ADP has 2 senses:
1. an ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage
2. data processing by a computer
Familiarity information: ADP used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ADP (noun)
Meaning:
An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
adenosine diphosphate; ADP
Hypernyms ("ADP" is a kind of...):
nucleotide (a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA))
Meaning:
Data processing by a computer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
automatic data processing; ADP
Hypernyms ("ADP" is a kind of...):
data processing ((computer science) a series of operations on data by a computer in order to retrieve or transform or classify information)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ADP"):
EDP; electronic data processing (automatic data processing by electronic means without the use of tabulating cards or punched tapes)
IDP; integrated data processing (automatic data processing in which data acquisition and other stages or processing are integrated into a coherent system)