Silo vs Silt - What's the difference?
silo | silt |
(agriculture) A vertical building, usually circular, used for the storage of grain.
(military) An underground bunker used to hold missiles which may be launched.
(pejorative, management) An organizational unit that has poor interaction with other units, negatively affecting overall performance.
* 2006 , Albert J. Mills, Jean C. Helms Mills, John Bratton, Organizational Behaviour in a Global Context , Page 116
(pejorative, informatics) A structure in the information system that is poorly networked with other structures, with data exchange hampered.
Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water.
Material with similar physical characteristics, whatever its origins or transport.
(geology) A particle from 3.9 to 62.5 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
To clog or fill with silt.
To become clogged with silt.
To flow through crevices; to percolate.
As nouns the difference between silo and silt
is that silo is silo while silt is .silo
English
(wikipedia silo)Noun
(en noun)- A silo is created when members in one department or function do not interact with those in another department, even though there might be operational benefits to the interaction.
- Our networking is organized in silos, and employees lose time manually transferring data.