Abigail Adams summary: The wife of the second president of the United States was born on November 11, 1744 in Weymouth, Massachusetts. Both her parents were born in Massachusetts. Abigailâs father, Rev. William Smith, was born in Charlestown, and her mother, Elizabeth Quincy, in Braintree.
system. noun sysÂ·tem \Ësis-tÉm\. Tweet. : a group of related parts that move or work together. : a body of a person or animal thought of as an entire group of parts that work together.
A system is a collection of elements or components that are organized for a common purpose. The word sometimes describes the organization or plan itself (and is similar in meaning to method, as in I have my own little system) and sometimes describes the parts in the system (as in computer system).