Information is data that has been processed for a specific purpose, such as aiding decision making or fulfilling statutory requirements. A system is a collection of interrelated parts that work together toward a common purpose, so that a change in one part leads to or results from a change in another part. An information system can thus be defined as a collection of interrelated parts that collect, process, and change data and information to serve a particular goal or objective.
Information is data that has been processed for a specific purpose, such as aiding decision making or fulfilling statutory requirements. A system is a collection of interrelated parts that work together toward a common purpose, so that a change in one part leads to or results from a change in another part. An information system can thus be defined as a collection of interrelated parts that collect, process, and change data and information to serve a particular goal or objective.
Information is data that has been processed for a specific purpose, such as aiding decision making or fulfilling statutory requirements. A system is a collection of interrelated parts that work together toward a common purpose, so that a change in one part leads to or results from a change in another part. An information system can thus be defined as a collection of interrelated parts that collect, process, and change data and information to serve a particular goal or objective.
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.