System (disambiguation)
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The term system may refer to:
  • System
    System
    System is a set of interacting or interdependent components forming an integrated whole....

    , a set of entities, real or abstract, comprising a whole
  • Meta-system, something composed of multiple smaller systems

in natural sciences

  • Systems science
    Systems science
    Systems science is an interdisciplinary field of science that studies the nature of complex systems in nature, society, and science. It aims to develop interdisciplinary foundations, which are applicable in a variety of areas, such as engineering, biology, medicine and social sciences.Systems...

    , an interdisciplinary field that studies the nature of complex systems in nature, society, and science
  • Physical system
    Physical system
    In physics, the word system has a technical meaning, namely, it is the portion of the physical universe chosen for analysis. Everything outside the system is known as the environment, which in analysis is ignored except for its effects on the system. The cut between system and the world is a free...

    , the portion of the physical universe chosen for analysis
  • Planetary system
    Planetary system
    A planetary system consists of the various non-stellar objects orbiting a star such as planets, dwarf planets , asteroids, meteoroids, comets, and cosmic dust...

    , e.g., the Solar System
  • Ecosystem
    Ecosystem
    An ecosystem is a biological environment consisting of all the organisms living in a particular area, as well as all the nonliving , physical components of the environment with which the organisms interact, such as air, soil, water and sunlight....

    , an entity comprising a large number of organisms and their environment
  • Biological system
    Biological system
    In biology, a biological system is a group of organs that work together to perform a certain task. Common systems, such as those present in mammals and other animals, seen in human anatomy, are those such as the circulatory system, the respiratory system, the nervous system, etc.A group of systems...

    , a group of organs
  • System (stratigraphy), a unit of the geologic record of a rock column

in IT

  • Computer
    Computer
    A computer is a programmable machine designed to sequentially and automatically carry out a sequence of arithmetic or logical operations. The particular sequence of operations can be changed readily, allowing the computer to solve more than one kind of problem...

     system, the combination of hardware and software
  • C process control#system, a function in the C Standard Library used to execute subprocesses and commands
  • System (typeface)
    System (typeface)
    System is a family of proportional raster fonts distributed with Microsoft Windows. The font family contains fonts encoded in several Windows code pages, with multiple resolutions of the font for each code page. Fonts of different code pages have different point sizes...

    , a raster font packaged with Windows XP
  • The Apple Macintosh operating system versions 1 through 7 were known as "System 1" through "System 7", respectively; hence these OS versions may simply be called (the) System.

in music

  • System (Seal almum)
    System (Seal album)
    System is the fifth album by British musician Seal, released on 12 November 2007. In his online blog, Seal described the album as a return to his dance roots and his best album since his debut...

    , a 2007 album by Seal
  • "System", a song by Jonathan Davis on his 2007 album Alone I Play
    Alone I Play
    Alone I Play is a special limited run DVD/CD combo set by Korn vocalist Jonathan Davis, released November 10, 2007 on Invisible Arts. The album was recorded and videotaped at Malibu's Woodshed Recorder on November 7, 2007, the day before Davis embarked on his first solo tour, the Alone I Play tour...

  • "System", a song by Labelle on their 2008 album Back to Now
    Back to Now
    Back to Now is the seventh and latest studio album by American R&B female group Labelle, released on October 21, 2008. The album is the group's first in over thirty years though they had sung on songs together on occasion....

  • Danish electronic trio "System", consisting of Anders Remmer
    Anders Remmer
    Anders Remmer is a Danish electronic musician, producer and film composer. He was born and raised in Denmark.Now he is one of the key figures in the electronic community of Copenhagen...

    , Jesper Skaaning
    Jesper Skaaning
    Jesper Skaaning is a Danish electronic musician, producer and film composer.He started his career as a guitarist in various experimental punk bands in the early 1980s and was inspired by European electropop and early electronic Music, especially by Kraftwerk...

     & Thomas Knak
    Thomas Knak
    Thomas Knak is a Danish electronic musician, producer, film composer and DJ. He lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark. Jack of all trades, he makes music for commercial , for various radio and TV programmes, for theatre plays, for choreography and films.He started in 1999 under the name Opiate...

    .
  • American rock band "System of a Down
    System of a Down
    System of a Down, also known by the acronym SOAD and often shortened to System, is a rock band from Southern California. The band was formed in 1994. It consists of Serj Tankian , Daron Malakian , Shavo Odadjian and John Dolmayan...

    ", also known simply as "System".

Publications

  • System (journal)
    System (journal)
    System is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering the applications of educational technology and applied linguistics to problems of foreign language teaching and learning. It was established in 1973 and is published quarterly by Elsevier....

    , a scienctific journal devoted to the applications of educational technology and applied linguistics to problems of foreign language teaching and learning.

See also

  • The System (disambiguation)
  • Systematics (disambiguation)
    Systematics (disambiguation)
    Systematics may mean:*Systematics, the study of the diversity of organism characteristics.*Systematics - study of multi-term systems, the study of the inherent properties of systems with varying number of terms - monad, dyad, triad, etc. - developed by John G...

  • List of systems
  • Government
    Government
    Government refers to the legislators, administrators, and arbitrators in the administrative bureaucracy who control a state at a given time, and to the system of government by which they are organized...

  • Law
    Law
    Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...

  • Bureaucracy
    Bureaucracy
    A bureaucracy is an organization of non-elected officials of a governmental or organization who implement the rules, laws, and functions of their institution, and are occasionally characterized by officialism and red tape.-Weberian bureaucracy:...

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