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Unification vs Standardization - What's the difference?

unification | standardization |

As nouns the difference between unification and standardization

is that unification is the act of unifying while standardization is the process of complying (or evaluate by comparing) with a standard.

unification

English

Noun

  • The act of unifying.
  • The state of being unified.
  • (mathematical logic, computer science) Given two terms, their join with respect to a specialisation order.
  • *
  • 5.7.T ( Unification theorem' ) For any two terms or formulas
    without quantifiers X and Y, the following holds.
    (i) The '
    unification
    algorithm UNIF1, applied to X, Y,
    terminates after a finite number of steps.
    (ii) {X, Y} is unifiable iff UNIF1 so indicates upon ter-
    mination. Moreover, the substitution σ then available as out-
    put is a most general unifier of {X, Y}.

    Derived terms

    * unificationist * unificatory

    Antonyms

    * division

    See also

    * reunification

    standardization

    Alternative forms

    * standardisation

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The process of complying (or evaluate by comparing) with a standard.
  • The process of establishing a standard.