information system

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of information system¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Our current information systems are already straining under the pressure, and a data bottleneck threatens to slow technological progress.

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He hopes that within the next two or three years rural users will have voice-enabled access to government services, financial tools and information systems in their native languages.

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Aeroflot said it had cancelled more than 40 flights - mostly within Russia but also including routes to Belarus and Armenia - because of an issue with its information systems.

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Looking at the top 15 majors for midcareer wages, mathematics and international affairs also made the cut alongside information systems management.

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In his information systems course at Fullerton, Clark said, many students who used AI to create a business plan for a coffee shop produced stellar projects — all of them different, demonstrating independent thinking.

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