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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 distribute [[Data (computing)|data]]. | + | '''Information systems''' is an academic study of systems with a specific reference to information and the complementary networks of [[Computer hardware|hardware]] and [[software]] that people and organizations use to collect, filter, process, create and distribute [[Data (computing)|data]]. |
== Characteristics == | == Characteristics == | ||
Latest revision as of 19:40, 27 April 2016
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 distribute data.
Characteristics
Information systems typically includes:
See also
- Computing
- Credential
- Data (computing)
- Data processing
- Information
- Information processing
- Information theory
- Password
- System
External links
- Information system @ Wikipedia
