Data System Definition

Data System: Integrated set of files, procedures, and equipment for the storage, manipulation, and retrieval of information.

Terms Related to Data System

Information Storage and Retrieval
A branch of computer or library science relating to the storage, locating, searching, and selecting, upon demand, relevant data on a given subject.
Information Science
The field of knowledge, theory, and technology dealing with the collection of facts and figures, and the processes and methods involved in their manipulation, storage, ...
Data Retrieval
A branch of computer or library science relating to the storage, locating, searching, and selecting, upon demand, relevant data on a given subject.
Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System
A computerized biomedical bibliographic storage and retrieval system operated by the National Library of Medicine. From it a monthly and cumulated Index Medicus is generated ...
Information Management
Management of the acquisition, organization, storage, retrieval, and dissemination of information. (From Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors, 1994)
Information Storage
A branch of computer or library science relating to the storage, locating, searching, and selecting, upon demand, relevant data on a given subject.
Data Bases
Organized collections of computer records, standardized in format and content, that are stored in any of a variety of computer-readable modes. They are the basic ...

Synonym: ancillary information system, information system, information retrieval system, emergency care information systems.