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A subsystem is a set of classes (and possibly other subsystems) collaborating to fulfill a set of responsibilities. Although subsystems do not exist as the software executes, they are useful conceptual entities.

— Rebecca Wirfs-Brock Object-oriented design: a responsibility-driven approach (1989)

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