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abbr.
management information system


(1) (Management Information System) An information system that integrates data from all the departments it serves and provides operations and management with the information they require.

It was "the" buzzword of the mid to late 1970s, when online systems were implemented in all large organizations. See DSS.

(2) (Management Information Services) See Information Systems.

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MIsima Island, Papua New GuineaRegional->Airport Codes
Managed Internet ServiceComputing->Networking
Management And Information SystemsBusiness->General
Management Indicator SpeciesAcademic & Science->Botany
Management Information ServicesComputing->General
Management Information SystemBusiness->Accounting
Community->Educational
Governmental->Military
Governmental->NASA
Management Information SystemsBusiness->General
Community->Law
Management Innovation SourceGovernmental->US Government
Management of Information SystemsAcademic & Science->Universities
Manager Instruction SheetBusiness->General
Manager of Information SystemsBusiness->Positions
Marine Isotope StagesAcademic & Science->Ocean Science
Marketing Information SystemBusiness->Products
Marketing Intelligence SurveyBusiness->General
Master Identification SequenceComputing->General
Medical Imaging SystemMedical->Hospitals
Medical Information SystemMedical->Hospitals
Membership Information SystemCommunity->Non-Profit Organizations
Men In SuitsCommunity->Law
Metal Insulator SemiconductorAcademic & Science->Electronics
Meteorological Impact StatementGovernmental->Transportation
Midcoast Internet SolutionsBusiness->Firms
Minimally Invasive SurgeryMedical->Physiology
Mirror Image StimulationAcademic & Science->Physics
Miscellaneous (Other)Regional->Language Codes (3 Letters)
Mission In StealthGovernmental->Military
Mission Information SubsystemGovernmental->NASA
Mission Intelligence Segment (within CARS)Governmental->Military
Mission file (many games)Computing->File Extensions
Mississippi Central Railroad CorporationRegional->Railroads
Mobile Information ServiceComputing->Telecom
Mobile Internet ServerInternet
Model International SchoolCommunity->Educational
Mohawk Industrial Supply, Inc.Business->Firms
Mountain Ice SheetAcademic & Science->Geology
Mullerian Inhibiting SubstanceMedical->Physiology
Multi-angle Imaging SpectrometerAcademic & Science->Ocean Science

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