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Contexts share models and implementation details across their boundaries.
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Theoretical construct: explains a term, principle, or mental model.
Concrete cog in the system that works inside larger relationships.
High context coupling means separate parts of a system depend heavily on each other's models, terms, or change rhythms.
Strategic Domain-Driven Design made the problem tangible as a consequence of large models that are difficult to keep consistent. Martin Fowler describes bounded contexts as a DDD pattern that splits models and makes relationships explicit, allowing different domain languages to coexist.
When one context changes its model, tightly coupled neighbors must follow or break. Clear boundaries, separate models, translations, and stable contracts reduce these synchronization assumptions.
A model applies within a bounded domain context.
Boundaries translate terms and data into a local language.
Changes create work or risk in other contexts.
Recognizing high context coupling supports modular boundaries and independent change.
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