silo

1. A vertical building, usually cylindrical, used for the production of silage.

   Silo, Kornspeicher

   си́лосsílos, элева́торelevátor, си́лосная ба́шняsílosnaja bášnja

   a cylindrical tower used for storing silage

2. From the shape, a building used for the storage of grain.

3. An underground bunker used to hold missiles which may be launched.

   Raketensilo

   ста́ртовая ша́хтаstártovaja šáxta, раке́тная ша́хтаrakétnaja šáxta

4. (derogatory, informal)An organizational unit that has poor interaction with other units, negatively affecting overall performance.

5. (derogatory, informal)A structure in the information system that is poorly networked with other structures, with data exchange hampered.

   Our networking is organized in silos, and employees lose time manually transferring data.

6. (derogatory, slang)A group of like-minded individuals who are not exposed to outside opinions or input.

7. In Microsoft Windows operating systems, a kernel object for isolating groups of threads.

1. Everybody is in their little silo and completely clueless.

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2. The nuclear weapon blew up in its missile silo.

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3. The company siloed its departments, leading to poor communication.

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4. The farmer siloed the harvested grain for the winter.

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5. A data lake is a way to manage big data while avoiding information silos.

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