United Architecture 101, bridging communications

(Editor’s note: This article is the first in a series of three articles about the United Architecture 2010 exercise.)

United, u·nit·ed, (yoo-nahy-tid)… -adjective made into or caused to act as single entity: a united front. Architecture, ar·chi·tec·ture, (ahr-ki-tek-cher)… -noun the structure of anything: the architecture of a novel.
United Architecture – u·nit·ed, (yoo-nahy-tid), ar·chi·tec·ture, (ahr-ki-tek-cher)… noun interoperability of United Kingdom and US communications equipment
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