system

   1. The supervisor program or OS on a computer.

   2.  The  entire  computer system, including input/output devices, the
   supervisor program or OS, and possibly other software.

   3. Any large-scale program.

   4. Any method or algorithm.

   5.  System  hacker: one who hacks the system (in senses 1 and 2 only;
   for sense 3 one mentions the particular program: e.g., LISP hacker)

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