Determining device and determining method for determining processing to be performed based on acquired data

A determination apparatus, comprising:

• a comparison target extraction circuit which, when processing to be performed is determined through a plurality of condition judgments and branches, extracts from acquired data a plurality of pieces of determination data used for the condition judgments and branches and connects the plurality of pieces of determination data to generate comparison target data;
• a database which stores reference data generated by connecting a possible value of each of the plurality of pieces of determination data and also stores a processing content to be performed determined through the plurality of condition judgments and branches based on the combination of the values of the plurality of pieces of determination data included in the reference data, the reference data and the processing content being related to each other;
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• a search circuit which collectively conducts the plurality of condition judgments and branches at a time by searching the database for the comparison target data and which outputs a processing content to be performed related to the reference data that matches the comparison target data.