external system

C11746
concept

An external system is any independent software or hardware component outside the primary system boundary that interacts with it through defined interfaces to exchange data or services.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
electronic referral system 2
external system canonical 1
out-of-system transfer 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: external system
Generated description
An external system is any independent software or hardware component outside the primary system boundary that interacts with it through defined interfaces to exchange data or services.

Instances (5)

Instance Via concept surface
NHS e‑Referral Service electronic referral system
Growl (third‑party notification system for many users)
surface form: Growl
third-party application
Third Party System
e-RS
surface form: NHS e-Referral Service
electronic referral system
Farragut Crossing (virtual tunnel) out-of-system transfer