information system
Americannoun
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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.
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an integrated set of informational components.
the incredibly complex information system of DNA.
Etymology
Origin of information system
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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But Information Commissioner David Hamilton said full and timely compliance with requests was a vital part of the freedom of information system, leading to the unprecedented decision to take legal action.
From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026
We need a whole new information system so that we understand what's going on and can measure it.
From Salon • May 29, 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
Dye Agency, German information system, r92, x93, 1957 197.
From The Riddle of the Rhine; chemical strategy in peace and war by Lefebure, Victor
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