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Heterogeneous vs Federated - What's the difference?

heterogeneous | federated |

As adjectives the difference between heterogeneous and federated

is that heterogeneous is diverse in kind or nature; composed of diverse parts while federated is united, as a federation, under a central government.

As a verb federated is

(federate).

heterogeneous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Diverse in kind or nature; composed of diverse parts.
  • (mathematics) Incommensurable because of different kinds.
  • (physics) Having more than one phase (solid, liquid, gas) present in a system or process.
  • (chemistry) Visibly consisting of different components.
  • (computing) Of a network comprising different types of computers, potentially with vastly differing memory sizes, processing power and even basic underlying architecture; alternatively, of a data resource with multiple types of formats.

    • Antonyms

    * homogeneous

    Related terms

    * heterogeneity

    External links

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    federated

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (federate)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • united, as a federation, under a central government

    • Derived terms

    * federated database * federated directory