Distinguish between the following: Open system and Closed system.

Open system Closed System 1. Open systems refer to systems that interact with other systems or the outside environment. 1. Closed systems refer to systems having relatively little interaction with other systems or the outside environment. 2. Open systems allow users to contribute, manipulate, edit, use, reuse, and sometimes actually create the content or the actual programming of the system. 2. Closed system allow users to use the content as is with minimal modification to the actual system or program. 3. Collaborative Approach. For example, living organisms are considered open systems because they take in substances from their environment such as food and air and return other substances to their environment. Similarly, some organizations consume raw materials in the production of products and emit finished goods and pollution as a result. 3. Discreet Approach. A watch is an example of a closed system in that it is a relatively self-contained, self-maintaining unit that has rarely interacts or exchange with its environment. 4. More flexible than closed system. Ex: Wordpress, Unix, Facebook, Open Source 4. Rigid and largely impenetrable. Ex: Proprietary Softwares, Web Pages, Library Softwares