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  2. System - Wikipedia

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    A system is a group of interacting or interrelated elements that act according to a set of rules to form a unified whole. [1] A system, surrounded and influenced by its environment, is described by its boundaries, structure and purpose and is expressed in its functioning. Systems are the subjects of study of systems theory and other systems ...

  3. Open system (systems theory) - Wikipedia

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    Open system (systems theory) An open system is a system that has external interactions. Such interactions can take the form of information, energy, or material transfers into or out of the system boundary, depending on the discipline which defines the concept. An open system is contrasted with the concept of an isolated system which exchanges ...

  4. Unani medicine - Wikipedia

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    Alternative medicine. Unani or Yunani medicine ( Urdu: طب یونانی tibb yūnānī [1]) is Perso-Arabic traditional medicine as practiced in Muslim culture in South Asia and modern day Central Asia. Unani medicine is pseudoscientific. [2] [3] The Indian Medical Association describes Unani practitioners who claim to practice medicine as quacks.

  5. Systemic functional linguistics - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Systemic functional linguistics ( SFL) is an approach to linguistics, among functional linguistics, [1] that considers language as a social semiotic system. It was devised by Michael Halliday, who took the notion of system from J. R. Firth, his teacher (Halliday, 1961). Firth proposed that systems refer to possibilities subordinated to ...

  6. Information system - Wikipedia

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    An information system is a form of communication system in which data represent and are processed as a form of social memory. An information system can also be considered a semi- formal language which supports human decision making and action. Information systems are the primary focus of study for organizational informatics.

  7. Organ system - Wikipedia

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    The 11 organ systems: the respiratory system, digestive and excretory system, circulatory system, urinary system, integumentary system, skeletal system, muscular system, endocrine system, lymphatic system, nervous system, and reproductive system. There are other systems in the body that are not organ systems—for example, the immune system ...

  8. Operating system - Wikipedia

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    An operating system ( OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources, and provides common services for computer programs . Time-sharing operating systems schedule tasks for efficient use of the system and may also include accounting software for cost allocation of processor time, mass storage, peripherals, and ...

  9. Systems management - Wikipedia

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    Systems management refers to enterprise-wide administration of distributed systems including (and commonly in practice) computer systems. [citation needed] Systems management is strongly influenced by network management initiatives in telecommunications. The application performance management (APM) technologies are now a subset of Systems ...