Definitions

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  • verb computing To work reliably with another system.

Etymologies

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inter- (“between, mutual”) +‎ operate (“work”) – to “work with each other”.

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Examples

  • Who thinks I'm gonna let those frigtards "interoperate" with my beautiful gear?

    Much love, Holman W. Jenkins Jr. 2007

  • New industry standards will, at least, make it easier to get products to talk to each other, or "interoperate," with less fuss.

    Connections 2007

  • New industry standards will, at least, make it easier to get products to talk to each other, or "interoperate," with less fuss.

    Connections 2007

  • To take an example, they have worked with beta partners such as Yelp to embed new tags (like hreview, and various other elements of their category and visual structure, such as the star system) and to "interoperate" ... the visual result on a search result is a structured type of result on a

    Traffick 2009

  • To take an example, they have worked with beta partners such as Yelp to embed new tags (like hreview, and various other elements of their category and visual structure, such as the star system) and to "interoperate" ... the visual result on a search result is a structured type of result on a

    Traffick 2009

  • Now, as it happens, I have formed the impression that you and the the MS elves want to "interoperate" with ODF so Microsoft forces can take it over, since

    Boycott Novell - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • The data allows diverse applications to interoperate and communicate asynchronously using shared conventions.

    Creating The Social Address Book Terry Jones 2010

  • The data allows diverse applications to interoperate and communicate asynchronously using shared conventions.

    Creating The Social Address Book Terry Jones 2010

  • Some of that has to be brought forward, and more of it has to interoperate with the infrastructure and applications build in the private cloud.

    Ask a Question @ Structure 09: Are Private Enterprise Clouds a Good First Step? 2009

  • The data allows diverse applications to interoperate and communicate asynchronously using shared conventions.

    Creating The Social Address Book Terry Jones 2010

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  • inter + operate;

    inter + operability = interoperability

    February 26, 2010