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title: "Compartmentalization (engineering)"
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source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compartmentalization_(engineering)"
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When referring to engineering, compartmentalization is the general technique of separating two or more parts of a system to prevent malfunctions from spreading between or among them.
This entails the breaking up of a project or problem into sub classes and sub categories, with the intention of simplifying the task at hand, or to efficiently distribute it amongst a number of teams or people.


== References ==