USE OF THE WORD ‘SYSTEM’ « The word ‘system’ has many contexts: COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE PULLEY SOLAR PHYSICAL SYSTEMS INFORMATION RIVER NERVOUS RAILWAY PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIAL GAMBLING CONCEPTUAL SYSTEMS RELIGIONS untae - More-esoteric examples, such os the consideration of individual and social behaviour as a system of purposeful events.USE OF THE WORD ‘SYSTEM’ The common aspect of ‘system’ stems from its early use to refer to: the whole (or the set) that results when a number of things have been grouped in a particular manner for a particular reason. So, what is a ‘system’ in the context of ‘systems engineering’? 1413