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loose coupling

Refers to hardware and software components that interact when necessary, but remain uncoupled from each other. For example, computers in a network are loosely coupled. When the user's client machine requires data from the server, it sends a request to the server. Otherwise, it performs work independently. In a loosely-coupled multiprocessing environment, where several computers share the workload, a machine can be added and replaced without shutting down the entire system.

Software Loose Coupling
Loosely-coupled software means routines (modules, programs) are called by an application and executed as needed. For example, Web services employ loose coupling. When a function is required, the appropriate Web service module is executed. Loosely-coupled software often refers to programs with standard interfaces that serve multiple computing environments. Contrast with tight coupling. See Web services.

loose coupling [′lüs ′kəp·liŋ]

(electricity)

Coupling of a degree less than the critical coupling.

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Beginners will find excellent step-by-step coverage of the basics of creating loosely coupled modules and how they are applied to larger applications, and will learn how to build a complete web application made up of several such modules.

Modular Java by Internet Bookwatch

Modular Java by The Bookwatch

Normal Accident Theory and Supply Network Complexity Perrow (1999) based normal accident theory on contrasts between systems dominated by complex or linear interactions and between systems characterized by tightly coupled or loosely coupled subsystems.

Traceability and normal accident theory: how does supply network ... by Skilton, Paul F.; Robinson, Jessica L. / Journal of Supply Chain Management

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