compartmentsand
Compartmentsand is a neologism used in discussions of design and information architecture to describe a framework in which systems are divided into discrete, interconnected compartments. The term is typically written as a single word, though some writers treat it as a composite of "compartment" and "and" to emphasize the linked nature of units.
In this framework, each compartment operates as a self-contained module with defined inputs, outputs, and interfaces.
Applications include software architecture (analogous to microservices and modular libraries), knowledge management (organizing information into topic-based
Etymology and status: The term has no widely accepted formal definition and appears mainly in internet discourse
See also: modularity, compartmentalization, systems theory, interfaces, microservices.