Convergence - Computing and Technology

Computing and Technology

• Bioconvergence, the merger of previously distinct technologies into a new form; requiring new theories, new products, and new practices
• Convergence (evolutionary computing), a means of modeling the tendency for genetic characteristics of populations to stabilize over time
• Convergence (routing), the status of a set of routers having the same knowledge of the surrounding network topology
• Convergence (SSL), a distributed replacement for the CA system used by Secure Sockets Layer
• Convergence (telecommunications), the combination of multiple services through lines of telecommunication from a single provider
• Technological convergence, the tendency for different technological systems to evolve toward performing similar tasks