different between manageable vs compartmentalization

English

Etymology

From manage +? -able.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?mæn?d???bl?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?mæn?d???b(?)l/
• Hyphenation: man?age?a?ble

Adjective

manageable (comparative more manageable, superlative most manageable)

1. Capable of being managed or controlled.

   Synonyms: controllable, governable, (obsolete) maniable, tractable, subservient

   Antonyms: intractable, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unmanageable

2. Capable of being done or fulfilled; achievable.

   Synonyms: accomplishable, doable, feasible, fulfillable

   Antonyms: unaccomplishable, unachievable, undoable, unfeasible, unfulfillable, unmanageable

Derived terms

• manageableness
• unmanageable

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Further reading

• manageable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• manageable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

English

Alternative forms

• compartmentalisation

Etymology

compartmentalize +? -ation

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?m.p??(?)t.m?ntl?.a??ze?.??n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

compartmentalization (countable and uncountable, plural compartmentalizations)

1. The act or process of dividing a complex task or structure into smaller, often more manageable pieces.
2. (software) The act of dividing complex code into libraries with common functionality to help make the process of programming more manageable and reusable.
3. (counter-espionage) The act of dividing tasks involving confidential information so that no one person is capable of leaking enough to be incriminating. Alternatively, it can involve distributing information in such a way that no individual knows the full extent or purpose of the task they have been given, hence, if they are captured or monitored, the enemy would not be able to obtain useful information from any given person.

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Antonyms

• decompartmentalization