loose coupling
See Also: tight coupling
[modeling] A relatively unstructured relationship between two software components or programs that work together to process data, which requires little overlap between methods, ontologies, class definitions, ...
loose coupling
A relatively unstructured relationship between two software components or programs that work together to process data, which requires little overlap between methods, ontologies, class definitions, and so on.
loosely coupled replication ...
"Loose coupling" is described as sharing files between systems with separate interfaces (relying on manual resolution of differences in the data representation);
"Tight coupling" as enabling the shared files to be used in either interface.
NET Web service technology. This allows the Geospatial Server to be integrated in a service-oriented architecture and the loose coupling of applications in order to focus on business and operational workflows.
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