<s>
In	O
computing	O
,	O
self-contained	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
(	O
SCS	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
software	B-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
approach	O
that	O
focuses	O
on	O
a	O
separation	O
of	O
the	O
functionality	O
into	O
many	O
independent	O
systems	O
,	O
making	O
the	O
complete	O
logical	O
system	O
a	O
collaboration	O
of	O
many	O
smaller	O
software	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
self-contained	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
are	O
similar	O
to	O
microservices	O
there	O
are	O
differences	O
:	O
A	O
system	O
will	O
usually	O
contain	O
fewer	O
SCS	O
than	O
microservices	O
.	O
</s>
