Depending on the work for which it was designed, an application can manipulate text, numbers, graphics, or a combination of these elements.

For those troubled by the high art of manipulating numbers, there was an alternative.

The binary abacus is used to explain how computers manipulate numbers.

People should work harder at improving their academic programs, not manipulating numbers for marketing purposes.

You can see how you can manipulate numbers in different ways to serve your purpose.

It's the formulas and the way to manipulate numbers I have trouble with.

Computers necessarily lack the ability to manipulate real numbers, typically using floating point representations instead.

Realistic models must manipulate huge numbers of particles if they want to look authentic.

She will learn to manipulate numbers through practice and repetition.

In contrast, word processors, which manipulate text rather than numbers, are not usually referred to as data processing applications.