inquiry/response system

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

inquiry/response system

   <business> Any computer system in which data is entered
   {offline} and processed in {batch} form, but information can
   be retrieved on-line.  An example is the checking of credit
   cards.

   ["Computer Information Systems for Business V", Thomas Dock
   and James C Wetherbe, West Publishing Company 1988].

   (1996-06-24)