N.J. Stat. § 18A:18A-14.1: Electronic data processing defined

As used in this act "electronic data processing" means the storage, retrieval, combination or collation of items of information by means of electronic equipment involving the translation of words, numbers and other symbolic elements into electrical impulses or currents.

L.1982, c. 161, s. 1, eff. Oct. 28, 1982.