1) Information systems are formal, sociotechnical, organizational systems designed to collect, process, store, and distribute information. 2) The document discusses three definitions of information systems according to experts: Gordon B. Davis defines it as a system that receives input data, processes it according to instructions, and releases results. Lani Sidharta defines it as a man-made system that collects, processes, and produces information for users. Romney defines it as organized ways to collect, enter, process, and store data and organize ways to manage, control and report information to achieve organizational goals. 3) The author is interested in majoring in information systems because they were told it involves studying how data is processed into