An organisation which has been formed by the joining together of a group of companies, clubs, etc.

1[countable] a country consisting of a group of individual states that have control over their own affairs but are controlled by a central government for national decisions, etc. the Russian Federatio [..]

1721, "union by agreement," from French fédération, from Late Latin foederationem (nominative foederatio), noun of action from Latin foederare "league together," from foedus " [..]

the forming of a nation by the union of a number of states, each of which retains some power to govern itself, while ceding some powers to a national government. In Australia, the creation of a single [..]

A union or grouping of self-governing bodies or countries that come together voluntarily to be stronger than the parts.

an organization formed by merging several groups or parties confederation: a union of political organizations the act of constituting a political unity out of a number of separate states or colonies o [..]

The voluntary union of the six Australian colonies which came into being on 1 January 1901. It involved the colonies transferring certain powers to the Federal or Commonwealth Government (eg defence, [..]

an association or union of several provinces or states.

In instant messaging, federated IM networks are those that allow communications across different IM clients and platforms, similar to the way e-mail allows people to communicate regardless of which e- [..]

An association of states; usually more permanent than a confederation. A political system where states or regional governments retain ultimate authority, except for powers expressly delegated to a cen [..]

The unification of a number of States to form a nation. States retain a degree of self-governance but some power is handed over to the national government.

A technical approach where one security domain has a system to authenticate users and another security domain has a system that trusts the authenticating system

The term federation is derived from the Latin term foedus or foederis. Federation is a league or union of states, groups, or peoples united under a strong central authority but retaining limited regio [..]

The unification of Australian Colonies which formed the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January 1901.

(n) an organization formed by merging several groups or parties(n) a union of political organizations(n) the act of constituting a political unity out of a number of separate states or colonies or pro [..]

A federation is a state where power is divided between the federal and the provincial or regional level and where the provinces, states or Länder as in Germany do not have absolute independence. The E [..]

See federated identity management.

The formation of a larger political unit by the closer political association of those States or territories who have agreed to form such a union.

Federation refers to different computing entities adhering to a certain standard of operations in a collective manner to facilitate communication. It also describes operations between two distinct for [..]

The linkage of a configuration management database (CMDB) to external databases, tools and systems, typically forming a configuration management system (CMS).

The process of creating one nation from the separate colonies.

Any society or organization formed from separate groups or bodies.

A federation is an association of organizations that come together to exchange information as appropriate about their users and resources in order to enable collaborations and transactions.

A federation is an association of organizations that come together to exchange information as appropriate about their users and resources in order to enable collaborations and transactions. U-M

A composite or conglomerate state that consists of several regional governments with a common central government, and in which both regional and central governments each have their own spheres of poli [..]