The system is simply the matter that we are studying, collected in one place and with definite boundaries. Our systems will generally not exchange matter with the surroundings, and so will be called closed. They may be isolated and not exchange energy with the environment, or sometimes in contact with a thermal reservoir of temperature T. More details here.
Courtesy: J. B. Calvert, http://mysite.du.edu
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