Infrastructure

Infrastructure - The term infrastructure refers to the entire system of facilities, equipment, and services that an organization needs in order to function. According to ISO 9001, Part 6.3, the term infrastructure includes buildings and workspaces (including related utilities), process equipment (both hardware and software), support services (such as transportation and communications), and information systems.

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Source: Praxium Research Group Ltd, 09 March 2011 08:05:52, http://www.praxiom.com/iso-definition.htm

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infrastructure - [government] The system of human-made physical structures, such as roads, bridges, canals, cables, wires, communications towers, hospitals, pipes, reservoirs, and sewers, that provide communication, transportation, public services, utilities, or all of the above to a populace.

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Source: esri, 19 May 2012 08:13:13, http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/GISDictionary/term/abbreviation