interoperability.

The ability of separately developed systems to exchange usable information or perform coordinated functions together.

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Words that belong together

• technical interoperability
• interoperability between systems

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Technical interoperability required both systems to interpret the exchanged records consistently.

Interoperability between the agencies improved when shared identifiers replaced ambiguous local codes.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: definition, comparison, qualification, causal analysis. Disciplines: academic writing, institutional analysis, general research. Commonness: uncommon.