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information system

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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.


Etymology

Origin of information system

First recorded in 1900–05


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Dramatic stories are reported and enter the public information system, and there’s no particular public reaction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

It was incorrectly reported on Fifa's commentator information system that Paredes had been sent off by referee Slavko Vincic for pushing Garcia by the throat.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

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

They then used geographic information system software to generate spatial probability estimations based on these known outbreaks.

From Science Daily ● May 21, 2024

Dye Agency, German information system, r92, x93, 1957 197.

From The Riddle of the Rhine; chemical strategy in peace and war by Victor Lefebure

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