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Coupling vs Integration - What's the difference?

coupling | integration |

As nouns the difference between coupling and integration

is that coupling is act of joining together to form a couple while integration is the act or process of making whole or entire.

coupling

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • act of joining together to form a couple
  • a device that couples two things together
  • (computing) the degree of reliance between two program modules
  • (electronics) a connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them
  • (physics) The property of physical systems that they are interacting with each other
  • (sexuality) sexual intercourse

    • Synonyms

    * (computing) dependency

    Antonyms

    * (computing) cohesion

    Derived terms

    * capacitive coupling * common coupling * conductive coupling * content coupling * control coupling * data coupling * data-structured coupling * external coupling * global coupling * inductive coupling * low coupling * loose coupling * message coupling * no coupling * pathological coupling * stamp coupling

    Related terms

    * decoupling

    integration

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or process of making whole or entire.
  • (society) The process of fitting into a community, notably applied to 'visible' (ethnic, immigrant...) minorities
  • (calculus) The operation of finding the of a function.
  • (biology) In evolution, the process by which the manifold is compacted into the relatively simple and permanent; supposed to alternate with differentiation as an agent in species' development.

    • Derived terms

    * integrationist * enterprise application integration * horizontal integration * indefinite integration * integral calculus * integration clause * racial integration * vertical integration * forward integration * backward integration

    Related terms

    * integer * integrable * integral * integrand * integrator

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