Integration
Integration may be any of the following:
- Usually integration is the construction of an object, a theory, etc. from separate more limited parts. The result is something composite or integral.
- The process of ending racial segregation in USA, racial integration, also called desegregation.
- Regional integration is the integration of several countries' markets, trade policies, or other policies originally subject only to sovreign states' decisions in common supranational institutions. An example is the founding of the European Community, now known as the European Union.
- A mathematical technique, see integral.
- An electrical circuit, see integrator.
- Very-large-scale integration was a step in semiconductor technology.
- Computer telephony integration, as a step in telephone technology.
- An economic process; see: horizontal integration and vertical integration.
- In certain branches of philosophy, Integral means comprehensive or holistic. More information can be found at the entries: Aurobindo, Ken Wilber, Integral (philosophy), and Integral politics.
- Computer systems integration.
- A rather arcane concept in securities law, where multiple offerings are "integrated" into a single offering.
See also
- Sensory integration dysfunction, a common symptom of Autism
External links
- Integrative thinking : http://noosphere.cc/integration.html
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