Integration
Encyclopedia
Sociology and economy
- Social integrationSocial integrationSocial integration, in sociology and other social sciences, is the movement of minority groups such as ethnic minorities, refugees and underprivileged sections of a society into the mainstream of societies...
- Racial integrationRacial integrationRacial integration, or simply integration includes desegregation . In addition to desegregation, integration includes goals such as leveling barriers to association, creating equal opportunity regardless of race, and the development of a culture that draws on diverse traditions, rather than merely...
, refers to social and cultural behavior - Economic integrationEconomic integrationEconomic integration refers to trade unification between different states by the partial or full abolishing of customs tariffs on trade taking place within the borders of each state...
, refers to trade unification between different states - Educational integrationSpecial educationSpecial education is the education of students with special needs in a way that addresses the students' individual differences and needs. Ideally, this process involves the individually planned and systematically monitored arrangement of teaching procedures, adapted equipment and materials,...
of students with disabilities - Regional integrationRegional integrationRegional integration is a process in which states enter into a regional agreement in order to enhance regional cooperation through regional institutions and rules...
- Horizontal integrationHorizontal integrationIn microeconomics and strategic management, the term horizontal integration describes a type of ownership and control. It is a strategy used by a business or corporation that seeks to sell a type of product in numerous markets...
and vertical integrationVertical integrationIn microeconomics and management, the term vertical integration describes a style of management control. Vertically integrated companies in a supply chain are united through a common owner. Usually each member of the supply chain produces a different product or service, and the products combine to...
, in microeconomics and strategic management, refer to a style of ownership and control - Integration clauseIntegration clauseIn contract law, an integration clause, or merger clause is a term in the language of the contract that declares it to be the complete and final agreement between the parties...
, in a contract, a term used to declare the contract the final and complete understanding of the parties - Integrated productionIntegrated productionA farming system that produces high quality food and other products by using natural resources and regulating mechanisms to replace polluting inputs and to secure sustainable farming...
Mathematics
- IntegrationIntegralIntegration is an important concept in mathematics and, together with its inverse, differentiation, is one of the two main operations in calculus...
, in mathematics, a fundamental concept of calculus—the operation of calculating the area between the curve of a function and the x-axis - Indefinite integrationAntiderivativeIn calculus, an "anti-derivative", antiderivative, primitive integral or indefinite integralof a function f is a function F whose derivative is equal to f, i.e., F ′ = f...
, in calculus, the process of calculating antiderivatives—the opposites of derivatives (a.k.a. "antidifferentiation") - In numerical analysis and in signal processing, a time series can be "integrated" numerically by various step-by-step means, including autoregressive integrated moving averageAutoregressive integrated moving averageIn statistics and econometrics, and in particular in time series analysis, an autoregressive integrated moving average model is a generalization of an autoregressive moving average model. These models are fitted to time series data either to better understand the data or to predict future points...
and the Runge-Kutta methods
Electronics Engineering
- Integrated circuitIntegrated circuitAn integrated circuit or monolithic integrated circuit is an electronic circuit manufactured by the patterned diffusion of trace elements into the surface of a thin substrate of semiconductor material...
, an electronic circuit whose components are manufactured in one flat piece of semiconductor material - Systems integration, the engineering practices and procedures for assembling large and complicated systems from less-complicated units, especially subsystems
Other uses
- Pre-integration complexPre-integration complexThe pre-integration complex is a nucleoprotein complex of viral genetic material and associated viral and host proteins. The PIC forms after uncoating of a viral particle after entry into the host cell...
or retroviral integration, in biology - Integration (album), an album by Kultur Shock
See also
- Disintegration (disambiguation)Disintegration (disambiguation)Disintegration or disintegrate may refer to:-Music:* Disintegrate is an album by Zyklon* Disintegration , a 1989 album by The Cure; also the name of a song featured on the album* Disintegration...
- Integral (disambiguation)Integral (disambiguation)Integral is a mathematical conceptIntegral may also refer to:in mathematics* integer, a number* Integral symbol* Integral , or Lebesgue integration* Integral...
- InterdisciplinarityInterdisciplinarityInterdisciplinarity involves the combining of two or more academic fields into one single discipline. An interdisciplinary field crosses traditional boundaries between academic disciplines or schools of thought, as new needs and professions have emerged....
- IntegrityIntegrityIntegrity is a concept of consistency of actions, values, methods, measures, principles, expectations, and outcomes. In ethics, integrity is regarded as the honesty and truthfulness or accuracy of one's actions...