DATA SYSTEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does data system mean? 

• DATA SYSTEM (noun)
  The noun DATA SYSTEM has 1 sense:

1. system consisting of the network of all communication channels used within an organization

  Familiarity information: DATA SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DATA SYSTEM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

System consisting of the network of all communication channels used within an organization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

data system; information system

Hypernyms ("data system" is a kind of...):

system (instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity)

Instance hyponyms:

NASDAQ; National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (a computerized data system to provide brokers with price quotations for securities traded over the counter)

 Context examples 

A group that aims to standardize the representation of microarray expression data that facilitates microarray information exchange between different data systems.

(MicroArray and Gene Expression, NCI Thesaurus)