System
System: A collection of unified components that convert inputs to outputs.
Definition
A collection of unified components that convert inputs to outputs. Systems consist of integrated subsystems. Systems are typically complex and highly interconnected. Information systems consist of hardware, software, data, people, and procedures.
Alternative Definitions
- Definition 2
Technology and processes used to conduct Internet voting.
- Definition 3
Any organized assembly of resources and procedures united and regulated by interaction or interdependence to accomplish a set of specific functions. See information system (IS).
- Definition 4
A collection of unified components that convert inputs to outputs. Systems consist of integrated subsystems. Systems are typically complex and highly interconnected. Information systems consist of hardware, software, data, people and procedures. The voting system is more than just a single device. It consists of numerous subsystems, which when unified and controlled, give the voting system its capabilities. Subsystems include vote capture, vote tabulation, reporting, etc.
- Definition 5
See Information System. Any organized assembly of resources and procedures united and regulated by interaction or interdependence to accomplish a set of specific functions. (CNSSI-4009) (NISTIR)