INTEROPERABILITY
Interoperability
Interoperability is the ability of making systems and organizations to work together . While the term was initially defined for information technology or systems engineering services to allow for information exchange, a more broad definition takes into account social, political, and organizational factors that impact system to system performance.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Interoperability
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interoperability
Noun
- The capability of a product or system, whose interfaces are fully disclosed, to interact and function with others without any access or implementation restrictions.
- The capacity for a service, piece of equipment etc., to be operated by different forces or groups.
- The ability of software systems that may be running under different operating systems and hardware to exchange information through compliance with technical 1 specifications, which typically define how different file formats and messaging protocols can work together.
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