interoperability
noun
in·ter·op·er·a·bil·i·ty
ˌin-tər-ˌä-p(ə-)rə-ˈbi-lə-tē 
: ability of a system (such as a weapons system) to work with or use the parts or equipment of another system
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The goal should be to achieve true interoperability rather than just collaboration.
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Andrew Metrick, Foreign Affairs, 28 Mar. 2024
Commerce just awarded a significant award to doing large-scale, transparent interoperability testing, allowing telecoms from all around the world to come test with different kinds of gear.
—Garrett M. Graff, WIRED, 21 Feb. 2024
Incumbents with market power fight tooth and nail to prevent interoperability and portability.
—Christian Catalini, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
Starting with users in three countries—the U.S., Canada, and Japan—Meta’s Threads app now allows interoperability with other fediverse social networks like Mastodon.
—Rachyl Jones, Fortune, 22 Mar. 2024
The shift toward interoperability will first include text messages, images, voice messages, videos, and files sent from one person to another.
—Emma Roth, The Verge, 6 Feb. 2024
Sadly, despite the promise of interoperability, the big smart home players don’t play nicely together on Thread yet.
—WIRED, 7 Nov. 2023
Matter is a new smart home interoperability standard designed to provide a common language for connected devices to communicate locally in your home without relying on a cloud connection.
—Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 7 Mar. 2024
First, full details of the agreement that other messaging platforms will have to sign to gain WhatsApp interoperability will only arrive next month, giving WhatsApp several months to then implement it.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 7 Feb. 2024
Andrew Metrick, Foreign Affairs, 28 Mar. 2024
Commerce just awarded a significant award to doing large-scale, transparent interoperability testing, allowing telecoms from all around the world to come test with different kinds of gear.
—Garrett M. Graff, WIRED, 21 Feb. 2024
Incumbents with market power fight tooth and nail to prevent interoperability and portability.
—Christian Catalini, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
Starting with users in three countries—the U.S., Canada, and Japan—Meta’s Threads app now allows interoperability with other fediverse social networks like Mastodon.
—Rachyl Jones, Fortune, 22 Mar. 2024
The shift toward interoperability will first include text messages, images, voice messages, videos, and files sent from one person to another.
—Emma Roth, The Verge, 6 Feb. 2024
Sadly, despite the promise of interoperability, the big smart home players don’t play nicely together on Thread yet.
—WIRED, 7 Nov. 2023
Matter is a new smart home interoperability standard designed to provide a common language for connected devices to communicate locally in your home without relying on a cloud connection.
—Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 7 Mar. 2024
First, full details of the agreement that other messaging platforms will have to sign to gain WhatsApp interoperability will only arrive next month, giving WhatsApp several months to then implement it.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 7 Feb. 2024
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“Interoperability.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/interoperability. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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