meaning of heterogeneous
1. Differing in kind; having unlike qualities; possessed of different characteristics; dissimilar; -- opposed to homogeneous, and said of two or more connected objects, or of a conglomerate mass, considered in respect to the parts of which it is made up.
2. 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.
3. originating outside the body
Related Words
heterogeneous | heterogeneous network | heterogeneousness |
