Definition of "systems design" []

• The process or art of defining the hardware and software architecture, components, modules, interfaces, and data for a computer system to satisfy specified requirements. One could see it as the application of systems theory to computing. Some overlap with the discipline of systems analysis appears inevitable. (noun)
• Design tools such as UML now address some of the issues of computer systems design and interfacing. (noun)

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