Interoperation

In <a href="/facts/Engineering/RFVg8H3I">engineering</a>, interoperation is the setup of ad hoc components and <a href="/facts/Methodology/dk5X9Hxx">methods</a> to make two or more <a href="/facts/Systems/hmqQ4ASX">systems</a> work together as a combined <a href="/facts/System/hmqQ4ASX">system</a> with some partial functionality during a certain time, possibly requiring human <a href="/facts/Supervisor/yuwXIjl6">supervision</a> to perform necessary adjustments and <a href="/facts/Corrections/81tQNSEU">corrections</a>.
This contrasts to <a href="/facts/Interoperability/7WgqUbXU">interoperability</a>, which theoretically permits any number of <a href="/facts/Systems/hmqQ4ASX">systems</a> <a href="/facts/Regulatory_compliance/1pIoTaB7">compliant</a> to a given <a href="/facts/Technical_standard/P4orT1SM">standard</a> to work together a long time smoothly and unattended as a combined <a href="/facts/System/hmqQ4ASX">system</a> with the full functionality by the standard.
Another definition of interoperation: "services effectively combining multiple resources and domains...; requires interoperability".

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Interoperation