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system: n.

  1. The supervisor program or OS on a computer.

  2. The entire computer system, including input/output devices, the supervisor program or OS, and possibly other software.

  3. Any large-scale program.

  4. Any method or algorithm.

  5. System hacker: one who hacks the system (in senses 1 and 2 only; for sense 3 one mentions the particular program: e.g., LISP hacker)

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