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information system

noun

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.
an integrated set of informational components: the incredibly complex information system of DNA.

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Nearby words

  1. information processing,
  2. information question,
  3. information retrieval,
  4. information science,
  5. information superhighway,
  6. information technology,
  7. information theory,
  8. information warfare,
  9. informational,
  10. informative

Origin of information system

First recorded in 1900–05
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