System vs. Environment
Systemnoun
A collection of organized things; a whole composed of relationships among its members.
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(derogatory) Preceded by the word the: the mainstream culture, controlled by the elites or government of a state, or a combination of them, seen as oppressive to the individual.
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(computing) A set of hardware and software operating in a computer.
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(mathematics) A set of equations involving the same variables, which are to be solved simultaneously.
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(music) A set of staves linked by a brace that indicate instruments or sounds that are to be played simultaneously.
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(physiology) A set of body organs having a particular function.
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(psychiatry) A set of alters, or the multiple personalities]] due to, for example, a dissociative personality disorder who contains them.
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A method or way of organizing or planning.
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An assemblage of objects arranged in regular subordination, or after some distinct method, usually logical or scientific; a complete whole of objects related by some common law, principle, or end; a complete exhibition of essential principles or facts, arranged in a rational dependence or connection; a regular union of principles or parts forming one entire thing; as, a system of philosophy; a system of government; a system of divinity; a system of botany or chemistry; a military system; the solar system.
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Hence, the whole scheme of created things regarded as forming one complete plan of whole; the universe.
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Regular method or order; formal arrangement; plan; as, to have a system in one's business.
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The collection of staves which form a full score. See Score, n.
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An assemblage of parts or organs, either in animal or plant, essential to the performance of some particular function or functions which as a rule are of greater complexity than those manifested by a single organ; as, the capillary system, the muscular system, the digestive system, etc.; hence, the whole body as a functional unity.
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One of the stellate or irregular clusters of intimately united zooids which are imbedded in, or scattered over, the surface of the common tissue of many compound ascidians.
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a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole;
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instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity;
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a complex of methods or rules governing behavior;
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a procedure or process for obtaining an objective;
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a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts;
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an organized structure for arranging or classifying;
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(physical chemistry) a sample of matter in which substances in different phases are in equilibrium;
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the living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a unified whole;
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an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized;
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a set of things working together as parts of a mechanism or an interconnecting network; a complex whole
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a set of organs in the body with a common structure or function
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the human or animal body as a whole
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a group of related hardware units or programs or both, especially when dedicated to a single application.
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(in chronostratigraphy) a major range of strata that corresponds to a period in time, subdivided into series
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a group of celestial objects connected by their mutual attractive forces, especially moving in orbits about a centre
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short for crystal system
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a set of principles or procedures according to which something is done; an organized scheme or method
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a set of rules used in measurement or classification
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organized planning or behaviour; orderliness
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a method of choosing one's procedure in gambling.
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the prevailing political or social order, especially when regarded as oppressive and intransigent
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a set of staves in a musical score joined by a brace.
System
A system is a group of interacting or interrelated elements that act according to a set of rules to form a unified whole. A system, surrounded and influenced by its environment, is described by its boundaries, structure and purpose and expressed in its functioning.
Environmentnoun
The surroundings of, and influences on, a particular item of interest.
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The natural world or ecosystem.
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All the elements that affect a system or its inputs and outputs.
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A particular political or social setting, arena or condition.
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(computing) The software and/or hardware existing on any particular computer system.
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(programming) The environment of a function at a point during the execution of a program is the set of identifiers in the function's scope and their bindings at that point.
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(computing) The set of variables and their values in a namespace that an operating system associates with a process.
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Act of environing; state of being environed.
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That which environs or surrounds; surrounding conditions, influences, or forces, by which living forms are influenced and modified in their growth and development.
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the totality of surrounding conditions;
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the area in which something exists or lives;
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the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates
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the setting or conditions in which a particular activity is carried on
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the overall structure within which a user, computer, or program operates
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the natural world, as a whole or in a particular geographical area, especially as affected by human activity
