Silo vs Turret - What's the difference?
silo | turret |
(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.
(label) a little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the corners of a building or castle
a siege tower; a movable building, of a square form, consisting of ten or even twenty stories and sometimes one hundred and twenty cubits high, usually moved on wheels, and employed in approaching a fortified place, for carrying soldiers, engines, ladders, casting bridges, and other necessaries
(label) an armoured, rotating gun installation, on a fort, ship, aircraft, or armoured fighting vehicle
(label) the elevated central portion of the roof of a passenger car. Its sides are pierced for light and ventilation
(label) a tower-like solder post on a turret board (a circuit board with posts instead of holes)
As nouns the difference between silo and turret
is that silo is silo while turret is (label) a little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the corners of a building or castle.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.
