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Revision as of 03:53, 7 December 2011
(1) A member of a set of elements that constitutes a system. A system element is a discrete part of a system that can be implemented to fulfill specified requirements. A system element can be hardware, software, data, humans, processes (e.g., processes for providing service to users), procedures (e.g., operator instructions), facilities, materials, and naturally occurring entities (e.g., water, organisms, minerals), or any combination. ISO/IEC 15288:2008 (ISO/IEC. 2008)
(2) (used for System of Interest, system, system element) A physical element (user or operator role, hardware, software) that composes a system. A system element may be seen in its turn as a system (i.e. sub-system) and be engineered in a system block of lower level. (SEBoK)
Note: There is also a glossary term "Element"
Source(s)
This definition was developed for the SEBoK version 0.5. Note to reviewers : If you are aware of a more authoritative definition, please provide this information in your review.
Discussion
There is currently no discussion for this term. This will be completed for SEBoK version 1.0.