I can't think of the word...

[RookPSU]

Does anyone know the fancy engineering term for an API or system that despite having a separate structure or form accurately replicates or provides the EXACT same functionality set as the application or system it is modeled against?

I may have even butchered the definition but the term has alluded me and in turn my inability to figure it out has bothered me.

 

[AlexCuse]

I'm not really understanding your definition, but do you mean the facade pattern?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Façade_pattern

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[chrissie1]

A wrapper?

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[cpjust]

Redundant?

 

[RookPSU]

It's a system design property. It's also an adjective, not a noun.

 

[RookPSU]

I think the word I was going for was isomorphic. I appreciate you all chiming in though.