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An '''Information System''' ('''IS''') is a system composed of people and [[Computer|computers]] that processes or interprets [[information]]. | An '''Information System''' ('''IS''') is a system composed of people and [[Computer|computers]] that processes or interprets [[information]]. | ||
| − | The term is also sometimes used in more restricted senses to refer to only the software used to run a computerized [[database]] or to refer to only a computer system. | + | The term is also sometimes used in more restricted senses to refer to only the [[software]] used to run a computerized [[database]] or to refer to only a computer system. |
'''Information systems''' is an academic study of systems with a specific reference to information and the complementary networks of hardware and software that people and organizations use to collect, filter, process, create and also distribute [[data]]. | '''Information systems''' is an academic study of systems with a specific reference to information and the complementary networks of hardware and software that people and organizations use to collect, filter, process, create and also distribute [[data]]. | ||
Revision as of 07:38, 7 June 2015
An Information System (IS) is a system composed of people and computers that processes or interprets information.
The term is also sometimes used in more restricted senses to refer to only the software used to run a computerized database or to refer to only a computer system.
Information systems is an academic study of systems with a specific reference to information and the complementary networks of hardware and software that people and organizations use to collect, filter, process, create and also distribute data.
An emphasis is placed on an Information System having a definitive Boundary, Users, Processors, Stores, Inputs, Outputs and the aforementioned communication networks.
See also
External links
- Information system @ Wikipedia
