Glossary definition(s) for: information system
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n., A computer-based system with the defining characteristic that it provides information to users in one or more organizations. Information systems are thus distinguished from, for example, real-time control systems, message-switching systems, software engineering environments, or personal computing systems.
[ Computer and Information Sciences - A Dictionary of Computing ]
Dictionary definition(s) for: information system
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n., A computer-based system with the defining characteristic that it provides information to users in one or more organizations. Information systems are thus distinguished from, for example, real-time control systems, message-switching systems, software engineering environments, or personal computing systems.
[ Computer and Information Sciences - A Dictionary of Computing ]
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n., A computer hardware and software system designed to accept, store, manipulate, and analyze data and to report results, usually on a regular, ongoing basis. An IS usually consists of a data input subsystem, a data storage and retrieval subsystem, a data analysis and manipulation subsystem, and a reporting subsystem.
[ Computer and Information Sciences - Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science (ODLIS) ]
Reitz, Joan M.
ODLIS: Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science . Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, 2004.
http://lu.com/odlis/.
