SILOED Definition & Meaning

siloed

[ sahy-lohd ]

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adjective

put into or preserved in a silo, a tall, cylindrical structure for storing grain, animal feed, etc.:
After the siloed feed had cured and settled, we found that we had 81 tons.
(of a group, unit, enterprise, etc.) separated or isolated from others, and typically viewed as not deriving the benefits of interrelationships or collaboration:
Our coalition seeks to develop partnerships across the traditionally siloed sectors of criminal justice, healthcare, and social services.
Computers. relating to or being data in a repository that is inaccessible to other systems, subsystems, or applications:
The shift from siloed data to cloud storage opens up greater possibilities for sharing data across a wide range of stakeholders and researchers.
Military. (of a ballistic missile and its firing equipment) placed or stored in a specially designed underground installation made of concrete and steel:
Hope for survival was based on striking first and thereby gaining an advantage by reducing the enemy’s siloed missiles.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of silo.

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Origin of siloed¹

First recorded in 1880–85; 2000–05 siloed fordef 3; 1980–85 siloed fordef 4; silo ( def ) + -ed ²( def ) for the adjective senses; silo ( def ) + -ed ¹( def ) for the verb sense

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Our government data is siloed all over the place.

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At the same time that Gaines was experiencing firsthand the drawbacks of a fledgling, insular art scene, a general feeling that the city was the future of the art world, siloed from the pressures of the market, began to pervade across Europe and South America, he recalls.

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The BBC board admitted it did not "take adequate action", saying: "It is clear that in the past, the BBC has not only been too siloed but too deferential to high-profile individuals."

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The Raven and Ash spend most of the running time siloed away from the action, with Eusebio cutting back to them whenever he needs a jolt of flirtation.

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“But in reality, we were siloed from others. We didn’t know what was taking place. I just had to believe that what I was doing, others were doing. And seeing it on the film, it inspired me. But it disappointed me, too. Because I couldn’t do as much as I saw many others do.”

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