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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 (computing)|data]].
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'''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]].
  
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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== Characteristics ==
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Information systems typically includes:
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* [[User (computing)|Users]]
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* Processors
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* Stores
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* [[Input|Inputs]]
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* [[Output|Outputs]]
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* Boundaries
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==

Revision as of 07:54, 7 February 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

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