ALSO CALLED: Interoperable DEFINITION: Interoperability (pronounced IHN-tuhr-AHP-uhr-uh-BIHL-ih-tee) is the ability of a system or a product to work with other systems or products without special effort on the part of the customer. Interoperability becomes a quality of increasing importance for information technology
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TRIAL SOFTWARE:
Interoperability is a crucial topic that many IT professionals face in day-to-day environments specifically with Windows, Linux and UNIX.
INTEROPERABILITY DEFINITION (continued): … products as the concept that "The network is the computer" becomes a reality. For this reason, the term is widely used in product marketing descriptions.
Products achieve interoperability with other products using either or both of two approaches:
By adhering to published interface standards
By making use of a "broker" of services that can convert one product's interface into another product's interface "on the fly"
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