A term often used alongside other irrelevant buzzwords by non-technical product managers when describing the ideal approach to building an overly-complex solution to a straightforward problem.
Business: we would like to automate sending emails to clients when an operator finishes a task. Can that be done by Q4?
PM: Sure. *looks to software manager* We need to leverage AI to build a federated architecture for storing our large language models in a data lake with blockchain.
SDE: can you share the requirements and business value?
PM: hey guys I gotta run, meeting with the big guns. Let me know when this baby will launch!!!
by ItsameeDoucheKebab August 16, 2023
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A federation (also known as a federal republic or state) is a political organization made up of largely self-governing provinces, states, or other territories that are governed by a central federal authority (federalism).
Dude, you can't do that, this is illegal in this state. Remember the US is a federation, laws apply differently in other states.
by epiczander November 30, 2021
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(adj.) very, very cool.
'Did you like the new Beastie Boys album?'
'Yeah, man, it's federal.'
by Her Radicalness August 20, 2005
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federalism is a piece of shit. Its a bad form of government that involves a bunch of rich people going out, getting stones, fucking, and diciding whats best for the country, while the other 99 percent of the population starves in the streets and are forced to eat babies.
everyone hates federalism except people from Canada
by Nick Nicholson April 21, 2005
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A closely knit yet secretive of militia in the United States whose goals are not readily apparent. Its ranks are hidden and very few members are known to "outsiders". The main reason for its existance is said to be world domination but captured opperatives have devulged that its goals far surpass these motives.

While it has remained tight knit a secretive for many years, information was finally released during a mock combat simulation where members of rival organizations stumbled upon one of its key members.

He later announced the following short term goals of The Federation:
1) The establishment of a homeland in the Aleutian Islands
2) The establishment of a communist government in Mozambique
3) The establishment of a captialist nation off the coast of Mozambique (constatuting the first all ship nation to have ever existed)
4) The ultimate destruction or assimilation of all rival factions.
The Federation shall soon take over the world in a single night.
by Lt. Kev. February 28, 2005
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When somebody is looking extremely attractive.
Bro, we were at the club and she was lookin federal.
by Classyorphan12 October 4, 2019
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