heterogeneous
Composed of unrelated parts, different in kind.
Often used in the context of distributed systems that may be running different
operating systems or network protocols (a heterogeneous network).
For examples see: interoperable database, middleware.
Constrast homogeneous.
(1999-05-06)
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