redundancy

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈriˌdʌndən̩si/ ̩
• (US) IPA: /ˈrɪdʌndən̩(t)si/ ̩

Noun

Wikipedia redundancy (plural redundancies)

1. The state of being redundant; a superfluity; something redundant or excessive; a needless repetition in language; excessive wordiness.
2. Duplication of components or circuits to provide survival of the total system in case of failure of single components.
3. Duplication of parts of a message to guard against transmission errors.
4. (chiefly UK, Australian, New Zealand) The state of being unemployed because one's job is no longer necessary; the dismissal of such an employee; a layoff.

Synonyms

• redundance (rare)

• pro-chrono continuum (rare)

Antonyms

• non-redundancy

Translations

The state of being redundant

Chinese: Mandarin: 多餘(性) (zh), 過多(性) (zh) Croatian: redundantnost (hr) f., zalihosnost (hr) f. Dutch: overbodigheid (nl) Finnish: tarpeettomuus, redundanssi, ylimäärä French: redondance (fr) German: Redundanz (de) f.

Korean: 중복성 (ko) (jungbokseong) Norwegian: redundans (no) Russian: чрезмерность (ru) (čr'ezm'érnost') f., избыточность (ru) (izbýtočnost') f. Spanish: redundancia (es) f., superabundancia (es) f. Swedish: redundans (sv) n. Turkish: artıklık (tr)

Duplication of components or circuits to provide survival of the total system in case of failure of single components

Catalan: redundància (ca) f. Finnish: päällekkyys, redundanssi French: redondance (fr) f.

German: Redundanz (de) f. Korean: 중복 (ko) (jungbok) Russian: избыточность (ru) (izbýtočnost') f.

Duplication of parts of a message to guard against transmission errors

Dutch: herhaling (nl) m. Finnish: redundanssi (fi) German: Redundanz (de) f.

Korean: 용장 (ko) (yongjang), 잉여 (ko) (ingyeo) Russian: избыточность (ru) (izbýtočnost') f.

The state of being unemployed because one's job is no longer necessary

Chinese: Mandarin: 失业 (shīyè), 失業, 下岗 (xiàgǎng), 下崗

French: chômage économique (fr) Korean: 실업 (ko) (sireop)

Related terms

• cyclic redundancy check/CRC
• redundancy check
• Common Access Redundancy Protocol