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impedance mismatch

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: object-oriented programming

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Derived from the concept of impedance matching in electrical engineering.

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  • Ukrainian: об’єктно-орієнтований розрив (obʺjektno-orijentovanyj rozryv) — Translations