Definitions for "Sub-System"
a business process or "work flow" within an information system which consists of inputs, outputs, and files used to produce specific information within a particular time frame. When initiated, sub-systems are executed to their logical conclusion and consist of one or more administrative procedures and not more than one computer procedure. The procedures can be executed serially or concurrently depending on flow or process in logic. Sub-systems relate to each other through the data base.
A system operating above the network level and is thus used to distinguish between the network level and the Telnet process built on top of the network level in early implementations.
a collection of software programs