Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Conflation \Con*fla"tion\, n. [L. conflatio.]
   A blowing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or
   of many fires in a foundry. [R.] --Bacon.

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

conflation
     
         Combining or blending of two or more versions of a
        text; confusion or mixing up.  Conflation {algorithms} are
        used in {databases}.
     
        [Any specific technical meaning?]
     
        (1996-04-14)