interoperable
- adjective
- /ˌɪntərˈɒpərəbəl/
- Specialized
- There is a Mac version of Office that is fully interoperable with the Windows version.
- interoperable systems
- interoperable communications
The different bus width cards and slots are actually interoperable.
- The different bus width cards and slots are actually interoperable.
- They did not write a single line of server code and it is interoperable across all our all our Android partners.
Examples
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"Industry wants open, interoperable systems that can prioritize functions."
Academic text (2002) -
FNS requires that EBT cards be interoperable with all other state systems.
Blog text (29) -
I have pushed for new strategies and new technologies, such as a new federal interoperable communications and safety system.
Academic text (2007) -
Workflow barriers exist to capturing clinical data at the point of care in an interoperable format.
Academic text (2013) -
A CERIF-compatible data model based on the MARC 21 format makes CRIS systems interoperable with library information systems.
Academic text (2012) -
How do we make these mashups interoperable and portable across different runtime environments?
Blog text (15) -
But he acknowledged that DHS has had some challenges in achieving Department-wide interoperable communications goals.
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The Greater Metaverse is an interoperable interconnected 3D virtual universe, greater than the sum of its parts.
Blog text (3) -
Because of the interconnected, interoperable nature of cyberspace, operations targeting networked information infrastructures in one country may create effects in another country.
Academic text (2017) -
The new software is completely interoperable with other applications, allowing seamless data sharing.
Synonyms
Able to exist or work together without conflict
How Interoperable
Surface Forms
Morphology
interoperable = interoperate (transparent) = inter + operate + interoperate + able
The adjective is formed by adding the productive suffix '-able' to the verb 'interoperate', and its meaning follows directly from inter- + operate + -able.
Etymology
Interoperable comes from the parts inter- meaning 'between', operate meaning 'to work', and -able meaning 'can'. So, interoperable describes systems or devices that can 'work with each other' and share information.