Associations to the word «Compartmentalization»

Wiktionary

COMPARTMENTALIZATION, noun. The act or process of dividing a complex task or structure into smaller, often more manageable pieces.
COMPARTMENTALIZATION, noun. (software) The act of dividing complex code into libraries with common functionality to help make the process of programming more manageable and reusable.

Dictionary definition

COMPARTMENTALIZATION, noun. A mild state of dissociation.
COMPARTMENTALIZATION, noun. The act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky