INTEROPERABILITY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

(computer science) the ability to exchange and use information (usually in a large heterogeneous network made up of several local area networks)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("interoperability" is a kind of...):

ability (the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

Derivation:

interoperable (able to exchange and use information)