A Computer System
A system is a set of things that work together, part of a network or something similar.
Input Process Output
A system also includes an Input-Process-Output. For example in a car the input would be the drivers' action, the process would be that command being processed by the ECU (electronic control unit) and finally the output would be the computer controlled asset to the car being activated and used.
Reliability
'A failing computer system can be a problem in some settings, but its catastrophic in others.' Knowing that a computer system is reliable gives an enormous sense of relief to people for example Planes. People need to that the computer system in a plane is reliable, otherwise the planes have the potential to fall out of the sky. That would end up costing the airlines fortunes which in turn effects the software owners/sellers/distributers, and then the technology world would take a hit because computer software businesses would end up out of business.
Standards
Proprietary Standards
"These are standards that are owned by a company. For example, any software that runs under windows must handle in a certain way, communicate with the operating system in defined ways and work with a defined interface."
Industry Standards
"Some standards are agreed across the computing industry. Many of these relate to hardware and allow easy interconnection between devises (usb)"
De facto Standards
"Some standards just develop through common usage until they become the accepted way of making or doing things. HTML started life as a de facto standard and as it gained in popularity, it eventually became de jure which means you must adopt it if you communicate with anybody else.
