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The objective of '''information science''' is to determinate the informative content of determined object or event and to obtain a better measure of that content. The word “information” is derived of the Latin expression inform that signifies “to give a form to”, meaning the imposition of a structure over an indefinite set of facts. Given the fact that information is not matter neither energy, then it should not be considered an absolute greatness, instead it should be faced in a relative way, such as [[entropy]]. The expression “information quantity” is a metaphor without any physical or numerical property. The information isolated from a system and out of context does not have any meaning; it is the contextualization that brings information to live. Information is transformed in knowledge only when it has a practical utility and without this the information does not pass of mere abstract data, physical or not.
The fundamental objective of an '''information system''' is to improve the process of decision making. An information system is a very special kind of system, constituted by persons, procedures and equipment that work interdependently, subject to multiple mechanisms, in the processing of [[data]] into [[information]].
 
The presence of any kind of system, physical or mental, is essential to promote the flow of information through [[communication]] channels. Usually an information system is understood only as a symbiosis between [[software]] and [[hardware]]. However, that is far from being true, any human being, due to the huge quantity of information stored in his or her brain, can be thought of as an information system.

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The fundamental objective of an information system is to improve the process of decision making. An information system is a very special kind of system, constituted by persons, procedures and equipment that work interdependently, subject to multiple mechanisms, in the processing of data into information.

The presence of any kind of system, physical or mental, is essential to promote the flow of information through communication channels. Usually an information system is understood only as a symbiosis between software and hardware. However, that is far from being true, any human being, due to the huge quantity of information stored in his or her brain, can be thought of as an information system.

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