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compartmentalization
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1923, from compartmentalize + -ation.
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 manageable and reusable.
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]
Wikipedia
Compartmentalization or compartmentalisation may refer to:
- Compartmentalization (biology)
- Compartmentalization (engineering)
- Compartmentalization (fire protection)
- Compartmentalization (information security)
- Compartmentalization (psychology)
- Compartmentalization of decay in trees
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 handling of classified information in military and intelligence applications, though it dates back to antiquity, and was used to successfully keep the secret of Greek fire.
The basis for compartmentalization is the idea that, if fewer people know the details of a mission or task, the risk or likelihood that such information will be compromised or fall into the hands of the opposition is decreased. Hence, varying levels of clearance within organizations exist. Yet, even if someone has the highest clearance, certain "compartmentalized" information, identified by codewords referring to particular types of secret information, may still be restricted to certain operators, even with a lower overall security clearance. Information marked this way is said to be codeword–classified. One famous example of this was the Ultra secret, where documents were marked "Top Secret Ultra": "Top Secret" marked its security level, and the "Ultra" keyword further restricted its readership to only those cleared to read "Ultra" documents.
Compartmentalization is now also used in commercial security engineering as a technique to protect information such as medical records.
Compartmentalization in structures, such as land-based buildings, traffic tunnels, ships, aerospace vehicles, or submarines, is the fundamental basis and aim of passive fire protection.
The idea is to divide a structure into "fire compartments", which may contain single or multiple rooms, for the purpose of limiting the spread of fire, smoke and flue gases, in order to enable the three goals of fire protection:
- life safety
- property protection
- continuity of operations
The construction of such compartments and all their components is a matter of systems within systems, which use bounding to achieve fire-resistance ratings, all interdependent, forming part of an overall fire safety plan. All components forming part of such a compartment are subject to stringent bounding in countries, where product certification is mandatory.
Compartmentalization is an unconscious psychological defense mechanism used to avoid cognitive dissonance, or the mental discomfort and anxiety caused by a person's having conflicting values, cognitions, emotions, beliefs, etc. within themselves.
Compartmentalization allows these conflicting ideas to co-exist by inhibiting direct or explicit acknowledgement and interaction between separate compartmentalized self states.
When referring to engineering, compartmentalization is the general technique of separating two or more parts of a system to prevent malfunctions from spreading between or among them. This entails the breaking up of a project or problem into sub classes and sub categories, with the intention of simplifying the task at hand, or to efficiently distribute it amongst a number of teams or people.
Category:Engineering concepts
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.