interconnectivity
Systems talking together
Interconnectivity is the state of being linked or connected to other things, especially in networks where components depend on or communicate with each other.
The term appears frequently in discussions of technology, globalization, and systems thinking: The interconnectivity of financial markets means a crisis in one country ripples worldwide.
It emphasizes mutual connection rather than one-way linkage.
Interconnected system
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
- gridFramework of intersecting lines
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
- frameworkUnderlying support system
architecture · topology · integration · interoperability · interface · hub · node · gateway
Reciprocal reliance between entities
- symbiosisInterspecies biological interdependence
- reciprocityMutual exchange of actions
- mutualityShared dependence or exchange
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
collaboration · partnership · alliance · synergy · network · community · ties · bonds
Combining into a whole
- cohesionTendency to bind together
- convergenceProcess of approaching sameness
- synthesisCombining parts into whole
- fusionJoining into unity
unification · harmony · wholeness · holism · interweaving · intertwining · entanglement · meshing
Interconnected computer systems
- ethernetWired networking standard
- LANLocalized computer linkage
- WANGeographically dispersed data infrastructure
- routerPacket-forwarding network device
modem · Wi-Fi · wireless · fiber · broadband · TCP · IP · firewall
State of elaborate complexity
- nonlinearityDisproportionate cause and effect
- emergenceComing into existence
- feedbackReturned response data
- cascadeSuccessive downward flow
ripple · chaos · dynamism · interdependency · entanglement · web · matrix · multiplicity
network
Interconnected system
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
- gridFramework of intersecting lines
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
framework · architecture · topology · integration · interoperability · interface · hub · node · gateway · protocol
interdependence
Reciprocal reliance between entities
- symbiosisInterspecies biological interdependence
- reciprocityMutual exchange of actions
- mutualityShared dependence or exchange
cooperation · collaboration · partnership · alliance · synergy · network · community · ties · bonds · kinship
integration
Combining into a whole
- cohesionTendency to bind together
- convergenceProcess of approaching sameness
- synthesisCombining parts into whole
fusion · unification · harmony · wholeness · holism · interweaving · intertwining · entanglement · meshing · blending
internet
Interconnected computer systems
- ethernetWired networking standard
- LANLocalized computer linkage
- WANGeographically dispersed data infrastructure
router · modem · Wi-Fi · wireless · fiber · broadband · TCP · IP · firewall · cloud
intricacy
State of elaborate complexity
- nonlinearityDisproportionate cause and effect
- emergenceComing into existence
- feedbackReturned response data
cascade · ripple · chaos · dynamism · interdependency · entanglement · web · matrix · multiplicity · layering
- connectionslink, links, tie, ties, bond
- consequencesconsequence, consequences, result, results, effect
interconnectivityisolation
Complete separation from others
disconnection · separation · disconnectedness · detachment · segregation
interconnectivityfragmentation
Breaking into smaller pieces
disintegration · atomization · compartmentalization · siloing · balkanization
interconnectivityindependence
Freedom from external control
autonomy · self-sufficiency · autarky · self-containment · insularity
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