Mis- \Mis-\ (m[i^]s-). [In words of Teutonic origin, fr. AS.
mis-; akin to D. mis-, G. miss-, OHG. missa-, missi-, Icel. &
Dan. mis-, Sw. miss-, Goth. missa-; orig., a p. p. from the
root of G. meiden to shun, OHG. m[imac]dan, AS.
m[imac][eth]an ([root]100. Cf. Miss to fail of). In words
from the French, fr. OF. mes-, F. m['e]-, mes-, fr. L. minus
less (see Minus). In present usage these two prefixes are
commonly confounded.]
A prefix used adjectively and adverbially in the sense of
amiss, wrong, ill, wrongly, unsuitably; as, misdeed, mislead,
mischief, miscreant.
[1913 Webster]
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Management Information System
MIS
(MIS) A computer system, usually based on a
mainframe or minicomputer, designed to provide management
personnel with up-to-date information on an organisation's
performance, e.g. inventory and sales. These systems output
information in a form that is useable by managers at all
levels of the organisation: strategic, tactical, and
operational. A good example of an MIS report is an annual
report for a stockholder (a scheduled report).
[Que's Computer User's Dictionary Second Edition, 1992].
(2001-04-01)
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MIS. A syllable which prefixed to some word signifies some fault or defect;
as, misadventure, misprision, mistrial, and the like.
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