PROCESSING METHOD FOR DATA WHICH IS COMBINED TO FORM A PLURALITY OF DATA RECORDS, USING A PLURALITY OF APPLICATIONS

A computer executes quasi-simultaneously a plurality of applications which process data combined to form data records. Only data of a single data record is processed at one time. If an application loads data of another data record, this is transferred to a central management component which forms a list of the applications in which descriptions of the functionalities which are executed by the applications are also stored. The management component causes the other applications to terminate the processing of the data of the first data record.