48 CFR § 1239.002 - 1239.002 Definitions.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s1239.002"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 1239.002 - 1239.002 Definitions."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "1239.002"
section_name: "1239.002 Definitions."
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING"
part_number: "1239"
part_name: "ACQUISITION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 41 U.S.C. 1121(c)(3); 41 U.S.C. 1702; and 48 CFR 1.301 through 1.304."
regulatory_source: "87 FR 61159, Oct. 7, 2022, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1239"
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# 1239.002 1239.002 Definitions.
As used in this part—
*Information* means any communication or representation of knowledge such as facts, data, or opinions in any medium or form, including textual, numerical, graphic, cartographic, narrative, or audiovisual (Committee on National Security Systems Instruction (CNSSI) 4009).
*Information system* means a discrete set of information resources organized for the collection, processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, or disposition of information (44 U.S.C. 3502).
*Media* means physical devices or writing surfaces including, but not limited to, magnetic tapes, optical disks, magnetic disks, large-scale integration memory chips, and printouts onto which information is recorded, stored, or printed within an information system.