Information-system
noun
1.
a computer system or set of components for collecting, creating, storing, processing, and distributing information, typically including hardware and software, system users, and the data itself:
the use of information systems to solve business problems.
2.
an integrated set of informational components:
the incredibly complex information system of DNA.
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