COMPUTER SYSTEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does computer system mean? 

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

1. a system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMPUTER SYSTEM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

ADP system; ADPS; automatic data processing system; computer system; computing system

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

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

Meronyms (parts of "computer system"):

auxiliary equipment; off-line equipment (electronic equipment not in direct communication (or under the control of) the central processing unit)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "computer system"):

backup system (a computer system for making backups)

platform (the combination of a particular computer and a particular operating system)

 Context examples 

The account name used by a person to access a computer system.

(Login Name, NCI Thesaurus)

A computer system that provides tutorial instruction in academic subjects at an individual level in a format that allows students to master material at their own pace, i.e., CME courses.

(Integrated Learning System, NCI Thesaurus)

Much like a classic Turing computer system, cells have the capacity to process and respond to instructions and codes inputted into their main system.

(Cells Programmed Like Computers to Fight Disease, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory.

(Package, NCI Thesaurus)

Issue associated with the acquisition of computer programming codes that can replicate and spread from one computer system to another thereby leading to damaged software, hardware and data.

(Application Security Issue Medical Device Problem, Food and Drug Administration)

Issue associated with the machinery operating system, a collection of software, firmware, and hardware elements that control the execution of computer programs and provides such services as computer resource allocation, job control, input/output control, and file management in a computer system.

(Computer Operating System Problem Associated with Medical Device, Food and Drug Administration)