System

:For the Macintosh operating system, which was called System up to version 7.5.5, see Mac OS.

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A system is an assemblage of inter-related elements comprising a unified whole. From the Latin and Greek, the term "system" meant to combine, to set up, to place together. A sub-system is a system which is part of another system.

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Latin - Greek

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A system typically consists of components (or elements) which are connected together in order to facilitate the flow of information, matter or energy. The term is often used to describe a set of entities which interact, and for which a mathematical model can often be constructed.

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Component - Element - Information - Matter - Energy - Set - Mathematical model

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