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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. | ||
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* [[Information theory]] | * [[Information theory]] | ||
* [[Password]] | * [[Password]] | ||
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== 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 08:40, 9 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
- Computing
- Credential
- Data (computing)
- Data processing
- Information
- Information processing
- Information theory
- Password
- System
External links
- Information system @ Wikipedia
