Constituent System

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independent system that forms part of a system of systems (SoS) (note: Constituent systems can be part of one or more SoS. Each constituent system is a useful system by itself, having its own development, management, utilization, goals, and resources, but interacts within the SoS to provide the unique capability of the SoS).

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Senses

1 more sense beyond the canonical

NIST SP 800-171r3attested usage pack match

No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 1 citation in that document; a definition is pending curation.

Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

3 surface forms

plural: Constituent Systems
possessive: Constituent System's
pluralpossessive: Constituent Systems'

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