Interoperability vs Extensibility - What's the difference?
interoperability | extensibility |
The capability of a product or system, to interact and function with others reciprocally.
(military) The capacity for a service, piece of equipment etc., to be operated by different forces or groups.
* 2010 , "Entente or bust", The Economist , 14 Oct 2010:
The capability of being extended
(computing) A quality of design that takes possible future advances into consideration and attempts to accommodate them
As nouns the difference between interoperability and extensibility
is that interoperability is the capability of a product or system, to interact and function with others reciprocally while extensibility is the capability of being extended.interoperability
English
(wikipedia interoperability)Alternative forms
* inter-operabilityNoun
- Dr Fox and Mr Morin have ruled out the notion of binational crews, but they are still exploring other ways to enhance the interoperability of France’s Charles de Gaulle and Britain’s planned two new carriers, which seem likely to be spared by the defence review.
