Interoperability

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  interoperability \in`ter*op`er*a*bil"i*ty\, n. (Computers)
     The quality of being {interoperable}. Used of data structures
     or executable programs.
     [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



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

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  interoperability
       
          The ability of software and hardware on multiple machines from
          multiple vendors to communicate.