interoperable
/ˌɪntərˈɒpərəbl/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌɪntərˈɑːpərəbl/ (ame, ipa) · /"+/ (ame, mw)
interoperable — adjective
- interoperablepositive
- more interoperablecomparative
- most interoperablesuperlative
1. describes computer systems, software, or devices made by different companies tha
describes computer systems, software, or devices made by different companies that can share data and operate alongside each other without special setup.
Rachid built the hospital's records platform to be interoperable with every clinic system the staff use.
interoperable with [system] — typical complement pattern
The new transit cards are interoperable across subway lines, buses, and ferry terminals.
interoperable across [domain] — coverage scope
Gabriela complained that the two design tools her team bought were never fully interoperable.
European regulators now require messaging apps to be interoperable across different services.
Engineers spent six months testing whether the new radios were interoperable with old fire-department equipment.
- compatible
everyday equivalent; works for systems but also for personalities, blood types, etc.
- cross-platform
narrower; specifically about software that runs on multiple operating systems
- incompatible
general opposite; widely used across registers
- proprietary
implies the opposite by design — locked to one vendor
文法句型
interoperable with [system]
用法筆記
Subject is almost always a technical system, device, format, or piece of software — not a person or an everyday object. Most often appears predicatively (be / become / remain interoperable), frequently followed by 'with'.