Data entry is an industry in which data entry operators add, verify and edit electronic data in computers and databases. With increase in digitalisation, many companies require people to add raw data into databases, add sales figures into electronic formats and enter market research data into electronic system multiple times during the course of a business day.
Data entry is a broad term, and it includes a variety of occupations. Data entry operators include electronic data processors, typists, word processors, transcribers and clerks.