<s>
The	O
United	O
States	O
Navy	O
occupational	O
rating	O
of	O
data	B-General_Concept
processing	I-General_Concept
technician	I-General_Concept
(	O
abbreviated	O
as	O
DP	O
)	O
was	O
a	O
designation	O
given	O
by	O
the	O
Bureau	O
of	O
Naval	O
Personnel	O
(	O
BUPERS	O
)	O
to	O
enlisted	O
members	O
who	O
satisfactorily	O
completed	O
initial	O
data	B-General_Concept
processing	I-General_Concept
technician	I-General_Concept
"	O
A	O
"	O
school	O
training	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
rating	O
name	O
and	O
designation	O
was	O
changed	O
to	O
data	B-General_Concept
processing	I-General_Concept
technician	I-General_Concept
(	O
DP	O
)	O
in	O
1967	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	B-General_Concept
processing	I-General_Concept
technicians	I-General_Concept
operated	O
data	O
processing	O
equipment	O
including	O
keypunch	O
machines	O
,	O
sorters	O
,	O
collators	O
,	O
reproducers	O
,	O
tabulating	O
printers	O
,	O
and	O
computers	O
;	O
performed	O
the	O
administrative	O
tasks	O
for	O
operating	O
computer	O
facility	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
handling	O
of	O
all	O
classified	O
material	O
passing	O
into	O
or	O
out	O
of	O
a	O
computer	O
system	O
;	O
designed	O
,	O
developed	O
,	O
tested	O
,	O
and	O
maintained	O
computer	O
software	O
.	O
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