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  2. System - Wikipedia

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    A system is a group of interacting or interrelated elements that act according to a set of rules to form a unified whole. [1] A system, surrounded and influenced by its environment, is described by its boundaries, structure and purpose and is expressed in its functioning. Systems are the subjects of study of systems theory and other systems ...

  3. Wiktionary - Wikipedia

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    Wiktionary (UK: / ˈ w ɪ k ʃ ən ər i / ⓘ, WIK-shə-nər-ee; US: / ˈ w ɪ k ʃ ə n ɛr i / ⓘ, WIK-shə-nerr-ee; rhyming with "dictionary") is a multilingual, web-based project to create a free content dictionary of terms (including words, phrases, proverbs, linguistic reconstructions, etc.) in all natural languages and in a number of artificial languages.

  4. International System of Units - Wikipedia

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    The International System of Units, internationally known by the abbreviation SI (from French Système international d'unités), is the modern form of the metric system and the world's most widely used system of measurement. Coordinated by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (abbreviated BIPM from French: Bureau international des ...

  5. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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    Artur Phleps (29 November 1881 – 21 September 1944) was an Austro-Hungarian, Romanian and Nazi officer who was an SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS in the Waffen-SS during World War II. He was an Austro-Hungarian Army officer before and during World War I. During the interwar period, he joined the Romanian Army and became an ...

  6. Systems theory - Wikipedia

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    Systems theory is the transdisciplinary [1] study of systems, i.e. cohesive groups of interrelated, interdependent components that can be natural or artificial. Every system has causal boundaries, is influenced by its context, defined by its structure, function and role, and expressed through its relations with other systems.

  7. Category:Systems - Wikipedia

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    Category. : Systems. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Systems. A system is a set of entities [disambiguation needed], real or abstract, comprising a whole where each component interacts with or is related to at least one other component and they all serve a common objective.

  8. The purpose of a system is what it does - Wikipedia

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    The purpose of a system is what it does. The purpose of a system is what it does (POSIWID) is a systems thinking heuristic coined by Stafford Beer, [1] who observed that there is "no point in claiming that the purpose of a system is to do what it constantly fails to do." [2] The term is widely used by systems theorists, and is generally invoked ...

  9. Glossary of systems theory - Wikipedia

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    Entanglement: A state in which the manner of being, or form of existence, of one system is inextricably tied to that of another system or set of systems. Entropy: In physics, entropy is a measure of energy that is expended in a physical system but does no useful work, and tends to decrease the organizational order of the system.