information system

American  

noun

1. a computer system or set of components for collecting, creating, storing, processing, and distributing information, typically including hardware and software, system users, and the data itself.

   the use of information systems to solve business problems.

2. an integrated set of informational components.

   the incredibly complex information system of DNA.

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Etymology

Origin of information system

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

However, the Russian prosecutor's office confirmed there had been "a failure in the operation of the Aeroflot information system as a result of a hacker attack" and said a criminal investigation had been opened.

From BBC • Jul. 28, 2025

I have studied the news media for over 50 years and, along with other scholars, have identified some major limitations of our public information system.

From Salon • Jul. 18, 2024

The county’s claims that these two sites are the only possible locations — narrowed down from an initial 70,000 possibilities using a geographic information system, then to 206 after further screening — strains credibility.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 26, 2024

The researchers believe that this nongenomic information system is critical for forming and maintaining normal multicellular tissue and suggests the well described ion fluxes in neurons represent a specialized example of this broad information network.

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2024

The military and naval attachés and I were told that the German information system sent news that Mexico was full of Japanese colonels and America of Japanese spies.

From My Four Years in Germany by Gerard, James W. (James Watson)