Redundancy

Redundancy may refer to:

Redundancy (engineering)
Redundancy (information theory)
Redundancy (language)
Redundancy (total quality management)
Redundancy (user interfaces)
Data redundancy
Logic redundancy
Layoff, dismissal of an employee for lack of available work
Redundant code, computer program code that is executed but has no effect on the output of the program
Database normalization, the elimination of redundancy in databases
"Redundant" (song), a song recorded by the American rock band Green Day in 1997

In Engineering, redundancy is the duplication of critical components of a system with the intention of increasing reliability of the System, usually Redundancy in Information theory is the number of bits used to transmit a message minus the number of bits of actual information in the message In the study of language, redundancy is considered a vital feature of language In Total quality management, TQM redundancy in quality or redundant quality means quality which exceeds the required quality level The User interface of a Software application or Operating system is sometimes described as redundant if the same task can be executed by several different Data redundancy (sometimes incorrectly referred to as data reliability) in Computer data storage, is a property of some Disk arrays (most commonly in Logic redundancy occurs in a a digital gate network containing circuitry that does not affect the static logic function Layoff is the temporary suspension or permanent Termination of employment of an Employee or (more commonly a group of employees for Business reasons Redundant code is a Computer programming term for code that is executed but has no effect on the output of a program ( Dead code is the term applied to code that is Database normalization, sometimes referred to as canonical synthesis, is a technique for designing Relational database tables to minimize duplication of " Redundant " is a single by Green Day and the fourth track from their album Nimrod.

Dictionary

-noun

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

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