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From the reference book :

Curtis, Graham Cobram, David, “Bussiness Information System”. Fourth Edition,


London : Prentice Hall, 2002

Information is data processed for a purpose.


That purpose might be to offer the information for sale or could be a statutory
requirement, but invariably it is to aid some kind of decision.
Data is the record of an event or a fact.
A system can be defined as a collection of interrelated parts that taken together
form a whole such that:
 the collection has some purpose; and
 a change in any of the parts leads to or results from a change in some other
part(s).
The important point in the definition above is that a system is a collection of interrelated
parts – it cannot be a single thing such as a potato but must be perceived as having an
internal structure. Moreover, these parts must be dynamically interrelated through change
rather than merely being geographically in close proximity. The system must also have
some purpose, goal or objective, and the changes or processes in its parts will normally
serve that goal.

From this book, we conclude that :


Information system is a collection or a set of interrelated parts that collect, process, and
change data and information for a purpose.

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