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The grouping of things into classes or categories
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compartmentalization
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
In matters concerning information security , whether public or private sector, compartmentalization is the limiting of access to information to persons or other entities who need to know it in order to perform certain tasks. The concept originated in the ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a mild state of dissociation [syn: compartmentalisation ] the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type [syn: categorization , categorisation , classification , compartmentalisation , assortment ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The act or process of dividing a complex task or structure into smaller, often more manageable pieces. 2 (context software English) The act of dividing complex code into libraries with common functionality to help make the process of programming more ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1923, from compartmentalize + -ation .
Usage examples of compartmentalization.
Our compartmentalization procedures preclude my contacting him directly.
In addition the plasma rounds worming their way into the gun's vitals had shattered most of the internal compartmentalization, for whatever good it might have done.
Over a thousand people had died, despite Ishtar City's compartmentalization by corridor and the emergency seals in all dwellings.
If the Feds had had the time and the inclination to set up their vessel's internal compartmentalization, the third round wouldn't have added anything to the damage the immediately previous bolt had caused.
If the girl hadn't explained the meaning of the sign, the breakdown of compartmentalization would not have occurred.
Not much different, though, from what the test-unit azi did, when they organized their own mental compartmentalizations and controlled the extent to which they integrated new tape.
But as they opened up and leveled, many acknowledged their sadness in this compartmentalization, even abdication, and resolved to become engaged with their families in a number of new ways.