content management system

noun

plural content management systems

: a software tool or integrated set of tools that is used to create, manage, and publish material (as for a website)

My morning catch-up done, it was time to check in on the … website. To do that, I use two Web-based apps—a content management system (CMS) and a story management tool.—

Dan Moren

For a few weeks now, our parent company has made AI tools available to editors within our content management system, or CMS, which we use to publish our online articles.—

Eric Snyder

—abbreviation CMS

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But the company told Fortune the leak was a result of human error within its content management system. —

Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2026

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