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STOVEPIPED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does stovepiped mean?
• STOVEPIPED (adjective)
The adjective STOVEPIPED has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to data stored in separate databases
Familiarity information: STOVEPIPED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to data stored in separate databases
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
stovepiped information
Domain category:
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
Pertainym:
stovepiping (retrieval of information from unconnected databases; the situation that exists when it is necessary to climb out of one database in order to climb down into another; sometimes used for protection against wandering hackers)
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