Management information system

A management information system (MIS) is an assembly of computer hardware, software, and/or firmware configured to collect, create, communicate, compute, disseminate, process, store, and/or control data or information. Examples include: information storage and retrieval systems, mainframe computers, minicomputers, personal computers and workstations, office automation systems, automated message processing systems (AMPSs), and those supercomputers and process control computers (e.g., embedded computer systems) that perform general purpose computing functions.