4 Definitions of Colocation
By buffY on May 17, 2009 in Education
Whenever I come across a word that I’m not familiar with I try to look it up. That’s the only way to be able to use the word in the future. I often find that looking up the word teaches me even more than I expected.
That was the case recently when I looked up the word colocation. I found out that it has four different meanings:
- A business that has two different businesses operating in the same location. It is colocation when there’s a KFC and a Taco Bell in the same building.
- The placement of people with similar roles inside of one building. College campuses often use colocation to keep students of the same major together in the same building.
- The storage of computer bandwidth in one building. People may manage their own computer hardware from a separate location but store their data in one building. This is called colocation hosting.
- The pairing of words in a certain way. I don’t fully understand this meaning but it has to do with linguistics which is an interesting area of study.
Simply by looking up the one word that I didn’t know I was able to learn about many different areas of study. This is why I look up words when I’m reading instead of just inferring what they mean and continuing on.
Jackson | Jun 15, 2009 | Reply
So, if there’s a strip mall (or a big mall, I guess, too) are ALL the stores inside of it considered colocations? Or is that word not supposed to be plural there? Can “colocation” be plural?
Cailie | Jun 15, 2009 | Reply
I think looking up words as you read is quite literally what got me through the SAT, and high school, and college. In fact I consider myself to have a fairly good vocabulary now, and that’s because I read a lot and look it up.
Dion | Jun 15, 2009 | Reply
Personally, I think that there are no words that you can’t learn from context, roots, and qualifiers. If you really want to learn something, put your head up and look around you, people! The answer is right there!
AC Jenkins | Jun 15, 2009 | Reply
Well, sure, but the other problem is, what about the ridiculous number of people who barely pick up a single book within a year? Those people never read words, much less words they don’t know. I think learning vocab should be done on an every day level!
Jeanna | Jun 15, 2009 | Reply
I’m not entirely sure why this surprised you so much if you frequently look words up. Most words have several meanings (at least) that often include rarely used or societally forgotten connotations. Learn something new with almost every word!
Ray | Jun 15, 2009 | Reply
I think over blown vocab is just that: over blown. Who cares if you can spell copacetic? Who cares if you can define fibromyalgia? No one. Using simple words gets your point across just as easily.
Alicia | Jun 15, 2009 | Reply
Not to be mean here, but did you really have to think so hard about CO-LOCATION? Its latin roots obviously refer to two or more things sharing a location, like stores, servers, or even words. If you just pay attention to the words themselves, then you can often find the meaning.
Jules | Jun 15, 2009 | Reply
I have absolutely nothing against learning in every imaginable context, so thank you very much for sharing your own personal word of the day with us! A rising tide floats all boats, right? Thanks for helping out my vocab as much as yours.