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🤝 Mixing groups equally 🧩 Combining parts 💻 Merging code ∫ Finding an integral
integration

integration

36 4.2
Merging code into a shared project and running automatic tests each time
  • noun
  • /ˌɪntɪˈɡreɪʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : integración continua
  • Continuous integration helps developers catch errors early by testing code changes as soon as they are submitted.
  • software integration
  • systems integration
  • technology integration

Examples

  • To maintain high software quality, we implemented an automated integration system that runs tests on every code commit.

  • The development team focused on improving integration practices to ensure quicker deployment of new features.

  • - What test? - It's a systems integration test.

    No. 2 (2006)

  • But after the system's integration test, she'll be up and running.

    No. 2 (2006)

  • The first approach is based on the notion of finding opportunities for integration at the project level.

    Academic text (1997)

  • Do you have the integration report on the Bellington system?

    Searching (2018)

  • In three days, I need my equipment to run the integration tests for LK.

    China Salesman (2017)

  • The recognition of the CHW model has resulted in increased integration of CHWs into the health delivery system.

    Academic text (2013)

  • Multi-purpose vertical turbine pump is designed for easy integration into retrofit plants.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Ship Station has effortless integration anywhere you sell online, including Amazon, Etsy, eBay, Shopify and more.

Synonyms

continuous integration
vsintegration
  • Specialized
1 4.5

A way of often putting new code into a shared place and testing it automatically

is the software engineering term for that same frequent merging practice

Antonyms

isolation
172 3.7

A state of being alone and cut off from other people physically or emotionally

Compounds

vertical integration
  • Specialized
1 6.8

A company that owns several production steps from raw materials to selling the product

continuous integration
  • Specialized
1 4.5

A way of often putting new code into a shared place and testing it automatically

horizontal integration
  • Specialized
1 6.8

A company grows by buying or joining similar companies at the same business level to reduce competition

How Automated

continuous integration
  • Specialized
1 4.5
integration
  • Specialized
36 4.2
linkage editor
  • Specialized
8.4

Surface Forms

integration singular
integrations plural

Morphology

integration = integrate (semi-transparent) = integrate + ion

Formally a nominalization of 'integrate', but the software-engineering sense ('continuous integration', merging code and automated testing) is a technical, domain-specific use.

Etymology

Integration comes from the root integr in integer, meaning 'whole', and keeps the idea of making separate parts into one. In software, integration means regularly bringing code changes together so the whole project stays connected and works.