Term:System

DSS Glossary

System - Assembly of computer and/or communications hardware, software, and firmware configured for the purpose of classifying, sorting, calculating, computing, summarizing, transmitting and receiving, storing, and retrieving data with a minimum of human intervention.

GAO-09-232G

System - See information system.

NIST FIPS 200

System - See information system.

NIST IR 7298

System - A discrete set of information resources organized for the collection, processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, or disposition of information.

ALSO SEE Information System. SOURCE: SP 800-53

NIST IR 7328 Draft

System - See Information System.

NIST SP 800-16

System - see IT System.

NIST SP 800-18r1

System - See Information System.

NIST SP 800-26

System - System is a generic term used for briefness to mean either a major application or a general support system.

NIST SP 800-34

System - A generic term used for briefness to mean either a major application or a general support system.

NIST SP 800-37r1 Draft

System - See Information System.

NIST SP 800-37

System - See Information System.

NIST SP 800-39 Draft 2

System - See Information System.

NIST SP 800-40

System - A set of IT assets, processes, applications, and related resources that are under the same direct management and budgetary control; have the same function or mission objective; have essentially the same security needs; and reside in the same general operating environment. When not used in this formal sense, the term is synonymous with the term "host". The context surrounding this word should make the definition clear or else should specify which definition is being used.

NIST SP 800-42

System - A system is any of the following:

• Computer system (e.g., mainframe, minicomputer)
• Network system (e.g., local area network [LAN])
• Network domain
• Host (e.g., a computer system)
• Network nodes, routers, switches and firewalls
• Network and/or computer application on each computer system.

NIST SP 800-53A

System - See Information System.

NIST SP 800-53r1

System - A discrete set of information resources organized for the collection, processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, or disposition of information.

NIST SP 800-53r2

System - See Information System.

NIST SP 800-53r3

System - See Information System.

NIST SP 800-60r1V1

System - See Information System.

NIST SP 800-60r1V2

System - See Information System.

NSTISSI 1000

System - The set of interrelated components consisting of mission, environment, and architecture as a whole.