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IS definition - telecom
The formal term for a data processing department, also known as Manage-ment Information Systems or Management Information Services (MIS). An IS department typically is responsible for all computer, network, and storage systems and technologies, from design through implementation and support.The traditional term was Information Technology (IT).

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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