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| Domain | Definition |
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. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In telecommunication, the term interoperability has the following meanings:
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."
| 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. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| INTAP | English | Interoperability Technology Association for Information Processing | Computer - (org.) |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: INTEROPERABILITY |
| Specialty definitions using "INTEROPERABILITY": ATM Forum ♦ CATALOG INTEROPERABILITY, Component Integration Laboratories, COSE ♦ DATA SET CATALOG ♦ Filesystem Hierarchy Standard, functional profile, functional standard ♦ Government OSI Profile ♦ Infrared Data Association ♦ Layer Two Tunneling Protocol ♦ Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation ♦ research open systems for Europe ♦ V.90 ♦ Workflow Management Coalition. (references) |
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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. | ||
| "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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.61% | 142 | 26,554 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.69% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (common) | 0.69% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 144 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| 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. |
| 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 interoperacionalidade, interoperabilidade (inter-operability), funcionamento recíproco. (various references) способность к взаимодействию. (various references) interoperabilidad (inter-operability). (various references) interoperabilitet (inter-operability), samverkansförmåga, kompatibilitet (compatibility). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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). | |
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. | |
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