A software system intended to store and manage a large portion of the data created and used by the members of an organization. Most of the comments I see here

A software system intended to store and manage a large portion of the data created and used by the members of an organization. Most of the comments I see here so far are funny, pejorative, and spot-on accurate but the original post asked for a definition. - a software system: an enterprise application is like a library (as in books) except that instead of books it stores smaller pieces of information - employee names, timecards, purchase orders, etc. - intended to: because they don't always actually do that - store and manage: not just store but make provisions for users to add to and look up the data stored there. - a large portion: because a single spreadsheet shouldn't count. Postings on TheDailyWTF notwithstanding. - by the members: enterprise apps may involve public-facing information services but if that's all they do then they don't count as enterprise - of a an organization: not just businesses but schools, governments, and any other groups with a defined membership and purpose.