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== Information systems == | == Information systems == | ||
| − | '''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 (computing)|data]]. |
An emphasis is placed on an Information System having a definitive Boundary, Users, Processors, Stores, Inputs, Outputs and the aforementioned communication networks. | An emphasis is placed on an Information System having a definitive Boundary, Users, Processors, Stores, Inputs, Outputs and the aforementioned communication networks. | ||
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* [[Computing]] | * [[Computing]] | ||
| + | * [[Data (computing)]] | ||
| + | * [[Information]] | ||
| + | * [[Information theory]] | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_system Information system] @ Wikipedia | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_system Information system] @ Wikipedia | ||
Revision as of 12:17, 2 September 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
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
