source data automation equipment [`sȯrs ¦dad·ǝ ´ȯd·ǝ`mā·shǝn i´kwip·mǝnt] COMPUTER SCIENCE Equipment (except paper tape and magnetic tape cartridge typewriters acquired separately and not operated in support of a computer) which, as a by-product of its operation, produces a record in a medium which is acceptable by automatic data-processing equipment. |