ABOUT INFORMATION SYSTEM.

 

when you think of a personal computer (pc) , perhaps you just think of the equipment , such as the screen or the keyboard. yet , there is more to a personal computer than that. the best way to think about a personal computer is as part of an information system. 

An information system has several parts: people ,procedures ,software , hardware , data , and the Internet .

• people: It is easy to overlook people as one of the parts of an information system  . Yet this is what personal computer are all about - making people , end users like you , more productive.
• procedures: The rules or guidelines which are to be followed by  people when using software , hardware , and data are known as procedures.
• software : A program is  a step - by - step instruction that tell a computer how to do its work. The software is another name for a program.
• Hardware : The equipment that process the data to create information is called Hardware. 
  
  
  
  

includes smartphone , tablets , keyboard , mouse , system units etc.

• DATA : The raw , unprocessed facts, including text, numbers , image , sounds etc.  
• INTERNET: Almost all information systems connect and interact with other people and computer this is done by the INTERNET.

This connectivity greatly expands the capability and usefulness of  INFORMATION SYSTEM.