Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

impedance mismatch

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.82 in modern English

Syllables: impedance mis-match
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A set of conceptual and technical difficulties that are often encountered when a relational database is being served by an object-oriented application program, particularly because objects or class definitions must be mapped to database tables defined by a relational schema.

Example Sentences

"Some argue that having impedance mismatch is difficult for programming intensive applications."
"But the impedance mismatch between SQL and Java was no better than between SQL and other languages."
"Why does a technological impedance mismatch exist?"

Etymology

Derived from the concept of impedance matching in electrical engineering.

Inflected Forms

impedance mismatches (plural)

Questions

What does impedance mismatch mean?: A set of conceptual and technical difficulties that are often encountered when a relational database is being served by an object-oriented application program, particularly because objects or class definitions must be mapped to database tables defined by a relational schema.
Where does impedance mismatch come from?: Derived from the concept of impedance matching in electrical engineering.

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