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System Context Diagram (SCD) is the most abstract view of a system, showing the system as a whole, its inputs and outputs from/to external systems. SCD is very helpful in understanding the context in which the system will be used, and therefore, is an important part of Software Engineering.

To Do

add a graphical example of SCD (yay, GIF patent runs out this month :)