What Is Interoperability

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Multiple Choice

What is interoperability?

• A) Contains a repertoire of web-based data and procedural resources that use shared protocols and standards permitting different applications to share data and services
• B) The capability of two or more computer systems to share data and resources, even though they are made by different manufacturers
• C) A broad, general term that describes nonproprietary IT hardware and software made available by the standards and procedures by which their products work, making it easier to integrate them
• D) A computer system designed that in the event a component fails, a backup component or procedure can immediately take its place with no loss of service

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Definitions:

Pyroclastic Flows

Fast-moving currents of hot gas and volcanic materials (like ash and rock fragments) that flow down the slopes of a volcano during an explosive eruption.

Tsunami

A series of large ocean waves typically caused by large undersea disturbances, such as earthquakes, that can lead to devastating coastal impacts.

Landslides

The downward sliding of earth, stones, or rubble along an incline, driven by the force of gravity.

Volcanic Eruptions

The process by which magma and associated gases are expelled from a volcano, which can result in lava flows, ash clouds, and other phenomena.