silo

IPA: sˈaɪɫoʊ

(agriculture) A vertical building, usually cylindrical, used for the production of silage.
(agriculture) From the shape, a building used for the storage of grain.
(military) An underground bunker used to hold missiles which may be launched.
(derogatory, management) An organizational unit that has poor interaction with other units, negatively affecting overall performance.
(derogatory, informatics) A structure in the information system that is poorly networked with other structures, with data exchange hampered.
(derogatory, slang) A self-enclosed group of like-minded individuals.
(computing) In Microsoft Windows operating systems, a kernel object for isolating groups of threads.

Examples of "silo" in Sentences

A silo is a large cylinder designed to insulate its contents.
In fact, they have a home there which they call the silo home.
My first silo is a success and I am building two more silos this winter.
Risks are too often treated in silo, but they are becoming more and more interdependent.
I do love this grain silo compound — like an Airstream trailer park or an abandoned set from an old sci-fi film.
Nice idea but the silo is only realy cladding as a silo would not be able to support the floors etc due to the windows and doors as loads on a silo are (sould be) even/central otherwise they fall over.
And if you traced that chain back to the originator, it would be someone who just chose that sales method randomly or in a flawed analogy to some older content model, just as you say that the silo is a flawed analogy to a physical magazine.
Dr. Turnbull said the presence of so many long-term-care patients in his institution is a typical result of what he called the silo approach to Canadian health care: Every major hospital in the country is likely experiencing the same problem.