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Data entry clerk, the Glossary

Index Data entry clerk

A data entry clerk, also known as data preparation and control operator, data registration and control operator, and data preparation and registration operator, is a member of staff employed to enter or update data into a computer system.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 25 relations: Call centre, Cashier, Company, Comparison of optical character recognition software, Computer keyboard, Computer terminal, Data, Database, English language, Ergonomics, Health insurance, High school diploma, Keypunch, Mathematics, Medicaid, Operator (profession), Optical character recognition, Optical mark recognition, Part-time job, PayScale, Punched card, Questionnaire, Temporary work, United States, Working class.

  2. Data processing
  3. Office and administrative support occupations

Call centre

A call centre (Commonwealth spelling) or call center (American spelling; see spelling differences) is a managed capability that can be centralised or remote that is used for receiving or transmitting a large volume of enquiries by telephone.

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Cashier

A retail cashier or simply a cashier is a person who handles the cash register at various locations such as the point of sale in a retail store.

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Company

A company, abbreviated as co., is a legal entity representing an association of legal people, whether natural, juridical or a mixture of both, with a specific objective.

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Comparison of optical character recognition software

This comparison of optical character recognition software includes.

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Computer keyboard

A computer keyboard is a peripheral input device modeled after the typewriter keyboard which uses an arrangement of buttons or keys to act as mechanical levers or electronic switches.

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Computer terminal

A computer terminal is an electronic or electromechanical hardware device that can be used for entering data into, and transcribing data from, a computer or a computing system.

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Data

In common usage, data is a collection of discrete or continuous values that convey information, describing the quantity, quality, fact, statistics, other basic units of meaning, or simply sequences of symbols that may be further interpreted formally.

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Database

In computing, a database is an organized collection of data or a type of data store based on the use of a database management system (DBMS), the software that interacts with end users, applications, and the database itself to capture and analyze the data.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.

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Ergonomics

Ergonomics, also known as human factors or human factors engineering (HFE), is the application of psychological and physiological principles to the engineering and design of products, processes, and systems.

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Health insurance

Health insurance or medical insurance (also known as medical aid in South Africa) is a type of insurance that covers the whole or a part of the risk of a person incurring medical expenses.

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High school diploma

A high school diploma (or high school degree) is a diploma awarded upon graduation of high school.

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Keypunch

A keypunch is a device for precisely punching holes into stiff paper cards at specific locations as determined by keys struck by a human operator.

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Mathematics

Mathematics is a field of study that discovers and organizes abstract objects, methods, theories and theorems that are developed and proved for the needs of empirical sciences and mathematics itself.

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Medicaid

In the United States, Medicaid is a government program that provides health insurance for adults and children with limited income and resources.

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Operator (profession)

An operator is a professional designation used in various industries, including broadcasting (in television and radio), computing, power generation and transmission, customer service, physics, and construction.

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Optical character recognition

Optical character recognition or optical character reader (OCR) is the electronic or mechanical conversion of images of typed, handwritten or printed text into machine-encoded text, whether from a scanned document, a photo of a document, a scene photo (for example the text on signs and billboards in a landscape photo) or from subtitle text superimposed on an image (for example: from a television broadcast).

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Optical mark recognition

Optical mark recognition (OMR) collects data from people by identifying markings on a paper.

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Part-time job

A part-time job is a form of employment that carries fewer hours per week than a full-time job.

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PayScale

Payscale is an American compensation software and data company which helps employers manage employee compensation and employees understand their worth in the job market.

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Punched card

A punched card (also punch card or punched-card) is a piece of card stock that stores digital data using punched holes.

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Questionnaire

A questionnaire is a research instrument that consists of a set of questions (or other types of prompts) for the purpose of gathering information from respondents through survey or statistical study.

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Temporary work

Temporary work or temporary employment (also called gigs) refers to an employment situation where the working arrangement is limited to a certain period of time based on the needs of the employing organization.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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Working class

The working class is a subset of employees who are compensated with wage or salary-based contracts, whose exact membership varies from definition to definition.

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See also

Data processing

Office and administrative support occupations

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_entry_clerk

Also known as Data Entry Clerks, Data Entry Operators, Data encoder, Data entry clerkship, Data entry clerkships, Data entry operator.