federation vs workgroup

federation

noun
  • A collection of network or telecommunication providers that offer interoperability. 

  • Any society or organisation formed from separate groups or bodies. 

  • Act of joining together into a single political entity. 

  • Array of nations or states that are unified under one central authority which is elected by its members. 

adj
  • Of an architectural style popular around the time of federation. 

workgroup

noun
  • A computer network created for use by such groups. 

  • A group of workers engaged in a series of collaborative tasks who usually work together. 

How often have the words federation and workgroup occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )