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INTEROPERABILITY

Specialty Definition: INTEROPERABILITY

DomainDefinition

Computing

Interoperability The ability of software and hardware on multiple machines from multiple vendors to communicate. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Military & Defense

The ability of systems, units or forces to provide services to and accept services from other systems, units or forces and to use the services so exchanged to enable them to operate effectively together. Source: European Union. (references)

Post & Telecom

The capability of fixed parts and portable parts, that enable a portable part to obtain access to teleservices in more than one location area and/or from more than one operator(more than one service provider). Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Interoperability

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

In telecommunication, the term interoperability has the following meanings:

  1. The ability of systems, units, or forces to provide services to and accept services from other systems, units or forces and to use the services so exchanged to enable them to operate effectively together.
  2. The condition achieved among communications-electronics systems or items of communications-electronics equipment when information or services can be exchanged directly and satisfactorily between them and/or their users. The degree of interoperability should be defined when referring to specific cases.

Source: from Federal Standard 1037C and from the Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms in support of MIL-STD-188.

In the UK there is a egovernment-based interoperability initative called e-gif.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Interoperability."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: INTEROPERABILITY

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField
INTAPEnglishInteroperability Technology Association for Information ProcessingComputer - (org.)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Crosswords: INTEROPERABILITY

Specialty definitions using "INTEROPERABILITY": ATM ForumCATALOG INTEROPERABILITY, Component Integration Laboratories, COSEDATA SET CATALOGFilesystem Hierarchy Standard, functional profile, functional standardGovernment OSI ProfileInfrared Data AssociationLayer Two Tunneling ProtocolMicroelectronics and Computer Technology Corporationresearch open systems for EuropeV.90Workflow Management Coalition. (references)

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Commercial Usage: INTEROPERABILITY

DomainTitle

Books

  • COM and .NET Interoperability (reference)

  • Interoperability for Enterprise Information Systems (reference)

  • Linux and Windows: A Guide to Interoperability (reference)

  • Modern Database Systems: The Object Model, Interoperability, and Beyond (reference)

  • Professional Visual Basic Interoperability - COM and VB6 to .NET (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: INTEROPERABILITY

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

Since the early 1990's, this major market barrier (the other leading one being interoperability) was eliminated. (references)

A plan to implement a "United Public Administration Network" has been launched to provide for full network connectivity and domain interoperability. (references)

Economic History

Australia

The Commonwealth Government has amended the Copyright Act of 1968 so that decompilation can be carried out for the sake of interoperability. (references)

Slovenia

Slovenia is committed to interoperability and compatibility with NATO and enhancing its qualifications for full-fledged membership in the North Atlantic Alliance. (references)

Slovenia

Slovenia has made great strides in building up and reforming its military, building active security links with its neighbors, and increasing the NATO interoperability of its forces. (references)

Political Economy

Bulgaria

The Department of Defense has a number of military liaison programs with the Bulgarian Ministry of Defense to help modernize Bulgarian armed forces, purchase appropriate equipment, and prepare for interoperability with NATO forces. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: INTEROPERABILITY

"INTEROPERABILITY" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.61% of the time. "INTEROPERABILITY" is used about 144 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)98.61%14226,554
Noun (proper)0.69%1339,140
Noun (common)0.69%1339,140
                    Total100.00%144N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: INTEROPERABILITY

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

interoperability

35

school interoperability framework

29

telemedicine interoperability

10

interoperability radio

7

command interoperability joint test

5

cad interoperability

4

interoperability vpn

4

interoperability services web

4

drawing exchange interoperability

3

interoperability process

3

interoperability sonicwall vpn

3

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3

data interoperability

3

checklist interoperability military radio

2

alliance international interoperability

2

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2

consideration elements interoperability key military radio

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: INTEROPERABILITY

Language Translations for "INTEROPERABILITY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

'通性 , '"性 , 共". (various references)

   

Danish

  

interoperability, interoperabilitet, indbyrdes anvendelighed, samfunktion (inter-operability, interworking), samarbejdsevne. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

interoperability, inter-operabiliteit, interoperabiliteit (inter-operability), samenwerkbaarheid, compatibiliteit (compatibility, consistency). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

yhteentoimivuus (inter-operability). (various references)

   

French

  

interopérabilité (inter-operability), interfonctionnement (inter-operability, interworking), intéropérabilité, fonctionnement en réciprocité. (various references)

   

German

  

Interoperabilität (inter-operability), Netzzusammenschluß, Kopplungfähigkeit, Kompatibilität (compatibility, compatiblity). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

διαλειτουργικότητα 2)ενδολειτουργικότητα, διαλειτουργικότητα. (various references)

   

Italian

  

interoperativit , interoperabilit (inter-operability). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

インスタント食" (incense, incentive, incentive sale, incest, insecurity, inside slider, insole, inspection, inspector, inspiration, install, installation, installer, installment, instant, instant foods, instep kick, instinct, institution, instruction, instructions, instructor, instrument panel, inter high school, inter seminar, intercept, interceptor, interchange, intercollegiate, intercourse, intercut, international, International Baccalaureat, internationalism, internetwork, internetworking, interstate highway, interval, interval training, the Internet). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

インターオペラ"リティー . (various references)

   

Korean 

  

보 처리 상호 운용. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

interoperabilityay

   

Portuguese

  

interoperacionalidade, interoperabilidade (inter-operability), funcionamento recíproco. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

способность к взаимодействию. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

interoperabilidad (inter-operability). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

interoperabilitet (inter-operability), samverkansförmåga, kompatibilitet (compatibility). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: INTEROPERABILITY

Misspellings

"INTEROPERABILITY" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: interoperabiilty, interoperabilty, interoperablility, interoperbility. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: INTEROPERABILITY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-e-e-i-i-i-l-n-o-p-r-r-t-t-y"

-3 letters: penetrability.

-4 letters: interorbital, printability, repetitional.

-5 letters: bipartitely, bipartition, interiority, interpolate, intertribal, openability, operability, partibility, partitioner, petitionary, portability, prelibation, reiteration, rentability, repartition.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Usage Frequency
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Abbreviations
8. Acronyms
9. Derivations
10. Anagrams
11. Bibliography


  

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