Information System

The combination of strategic, managerial and operational activities involved in gathering, processing, storing, distributing and using information and its related technologies Scope Note: Information systems are distinct from information technology (IT) in that an information system has an IT component that interacts with the process components.

A discrete set of information resources organized for the collection, processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, or disposition of information. Note: Information systems also include specialized systems such as industrial/process controls systems, telephone switching and private branch exchange (PBX) systems, and environmental control systems.

Electronic systems and physical components used to access, store, transmit, protect, and eventually dispose of information. Information systems can include networks (computer systems, connections to business partners and the Internet, and the interconnections between internal and external systems). Other examples are backup tapes, mobile devices, and other media.

A discrete set of information resources organized for the collection, processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, or disposition of information.

A discrete set of information resources organized for the collection, processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, or disposition of information. [Note: Information systems also include specialized systems such as industrial/process controls systems, telephone switching and private branch exchange (PBX) systems, and environmental control systems.]

system consisting of the network of all communication channels used within an organization

A discrete set of information resources organized for the collection, processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, or disposition of information. [81]