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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That fluid interoperability makes animals greater than the sum of their individual parts.
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Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 24 Apr. 2024
There are some interesting ideas in there, like interoperability.
—Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 9 Apr. 2024
The Panama Project aims to provide a native interoperability API that allows Java code to interact efficiently with data and libraries outside of the Java virtual machine (JVM).
—Alexander Belokrylov, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
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, 11 Apr. 2024
To honor this commitment, the U.S. has annually staged naval drills near and with the Philippines — the latest of which happened earlier this week in combination with Japan and Australia, as a show of force and strong interoperability between the allies in the face of China’s territorial ambitions.
—Peter Aitken, Fox News, 9 Apr. 2024
Part of that anticompetitive behavior, the DOJ alleges, is that Apple's decision to not allow interoperability of iMessage between Apple devices and Android devices is part of that anticompetitive behavior.
—Michael Calore Lauren Goode, WIRED, 28 Mar. 2024
The goal should be to achieve true interoperability rather than just collaboration.
—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
Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 24 Apr. 2024
There are some interesting ideas in there, like interoperability.
—Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 9 Apr. 2024
The Panama Project aims to provide a native interoperability API that allows Java code to interact efficiently with data and libraries outside of the Java virtual machine (JVM).
—Alexander Belokrylov, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
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, 11 Apr. 2024
To honor this commitment, the U.S. has annually staged naval drills near and with the Philippines — the latest of which happened earlier this week in combination with Japan and Australia, as a show of force and strong interoperability between the allies in the face of China’s territorial ambitions.
—Peter Aitken, Fox News, 9 Apr. 2024
Part of that anticompetitive behavior, the DOJ alleges, is that Apple's decision to not allow interoperability of iMessage between Apple devices and Android devices is part of that anticompetitive behavior.
—Michael Calore Lauren Goode, WIRED, 28 Mar. 2024
The goal should be to achieve true interoperability rather than just collaboration.
—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
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“Interoperability.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/interoperability. Accessed 2 May. 2024.
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