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homologate is an unusual word, but an old one. From OED-2, the meaning that applies is 1b ... Its use in this context seems wrong. I don't know who at IBM loves long words without quite understanding them :-) There is a lot to be said for plain language! Homologate and homologation are well-accepted terms in modem standards jargon. They are probably used in other areas of international product development as well. They are technical terms and it doesn't much matter what the OED says about their non-technical meanings. The OED may say something about "homology" too, but what it says probably wouldn't shed much light on what a mathemetician means by "homology". And its definitions of "stack" or "tree" probably wouldn't be of much help in reading a computer science text. :-)