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)