olemus
teistest (tehniliselt ja/või korralduslikult) isoleeritult töötav
süsteem, protsess, allüksus vms

Wiktionary:
4. (derogatory, management) an organizational unit that has poor interaction with other units, negatively affecting overall performance
5. (derogatory, informatics) 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 self-enclosed group of like-minded individuals
7. (computing) in Microsoft Windows operating systems, a kernel object for isolating groups of threads

näiteid
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_silo

https://maxxphase.com/data-compatibility/top-benefits/data-silo-elimination/

http://www.ame.org/sites/default/files/documents/88q1a3.pdf

http://www.ame.org/sites/default/files/target_articles/88q2a1.pdf