<s>
The	O
Certificate	B-General_Concept
in	I-General_Concept
Data	I-General_Concept
Processing	I-General_Concept
(	O
CDP	O
)	O
was	O
a	O
certification	O
administered	O
by	O
the	O
Data	B-General_Concept
Processing	I-General_Concept
Management	I-General_Concept
Association	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CDP	O
certification	O
exam	O
originated	O
in	O
1960	O
to	O
1962	O
under	O
the	O
auspices	O
of	O
the	O
Data	B-General_Concept
Processing	I-General_Concept
Management	I-General_Concept
Association	I-General_Concept
(	O
DPMA	O
)	O
,	O
successor	O
to	O
the	O
National	O
Machine	O
Accountants	O
Association	O
and	O
predecessor	O
to	O
the	O
current	O
Association	B-General_Concept
of	I-General_Concept
Information	I-General_Concept
Technology	I-General_Concept
Professionals	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
exam	O
tested	O
the	O
individual	O
's	O
knowledge	O
and	O
experience	O
with	O
hardware	O
,	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
,	O
telecommunication	O
,	O
systems	O
,	O
programming	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
data	B-General_Concept
processing	I-General_Concept
areas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
the	O
mid-1980s	O
,	O
these	O
sections	O
included	O
references	O
to	O
DEC	O
,	O
UNIX	B-Application
,	O
and	O
other	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
,	O
vendors	O
,	O
or	O
standards	O
.	O
</s>
