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                                  EXHIBIT 23.1
                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

The Board of Directors and Stockholders
FDP Corp.:

We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements (No.
2-88446 and 333-3244, respectively) on Form S-8 of FDP Corp. of our report
dated January 19, 1999 relating to the consolidated balance sheets of FDP Corp.
and subsidiaries as of November 30, 1998 and 1997, the consolidated statements
of earnings, stockholders' equity and comprehensive income, and cash flows and
related schedule of valuation and qualifying accounts for each of the years in
the three-year period ended November 30, 1998, which report appears in the
November 30, 1998 annual report on Form 10-K of FDP Corp.

KMPG LLP
February 26, 1999



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