Closed system

A closed system is a natural physical system that does not allow transfer of matter in or out of the system, although – in the contexts of physics, chemistry, engineering, etc. – the transfer of energy (e.g. as work or heat) is allowed.

This article is about the physical sciences concept. For the computing concept, see Closed source software.
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