Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
retrieval of information from unconnected databases;
the situation that exists when it is necessary to climb out of one database in order to climb down into another;
sometimes used for protection against wandering hackers;
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
stovepiping
n 1: retrieval of information from unconnected databases; the
situation that exists when it is necessary to climb out of
one database in order to climb down into another; sometimes
used for protection against wandering hackers