### Question
What does information system mean?


### Answer
**Information system** has the following meaning in *44 U.S.C. § 3532*:

> any equipment or interconnected system or subsystems of equipment that is used in the automatic acquisition, storage, manipulation, management, movement, control, display, switching, interchange, transmission, or reception of data or information, and includes—


(A) computers and computer networks

#### Citation:
  - *44 U.S.C. § 3532*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 35-COORDINATION OF FEDERAL INFORMATION POLICY > SUBCHAPTER II-INFORMATION SECURITY**

