Redundancy
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Redundancy may refer to:
- Redundancy (engineering)Redundancy (engineering)In engineering, redundancy is the duplication of critical components or functions of a system with the intention of increasing reliability of the system, usually in the case of a backup or fail-safe....
- Redundancy (information theory)Redundancy (information theory)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. Informally, it is the amount of wasted "space" used to transmit certain data...
- Redundancy (language)Redundancy (language)In linguistics, redundancy is the construction of a phrase that presents some idea using more information, often via multiple means, than is necessary for one to be able understand the idea....
- Redundancy (total quality management)Redundancy (total quality management)In total quality management, TQM, redundancy in quality or redundant quality means quality which exceeds the required quality level. Tolerances may be too accurate, for example, creating unnecessarily high costs of production....
- Redundancy (user interfaces)Redundancy (user interfaces)The user interface of an application software or operating system is sometimes described as redundant if the same task can be executed by several different methods. For example, a user is often able to open or save a project by navigating a menu with the mouse or keyboard, by clicking a single...
- Data redundancyData redundancyData redundancy occurs in database systems which have a field that is repeated in two or more tables. For instance, in case when customer data is duplicated and attached with each product bought then redundancy of data is a known source of inconsistency, since customer might appear with different...
- Gene redundancyGene redundancyGene redundancy is the existence of several genes in the genome of an organism that perform the same role to some extent. This is the case for many sets of paralogous genes...
- Logic redundancyLogic redundancyLogic redundancy occurs in a digital gate network containing circuitry that does not affect the static logic function. There are several reasons why logic redundancy may exist...
- Redundant acronym syndrome syndromeRAS syndromeRAS syndrome , also known as PNS syndrome or RAP phrases , refers to the use of one or more of the words that make up an acronym or initialism in conjunction with the abbreviated form, thus in effect repeating one or more words...
- Redundant churchRedundant churchA redundant church is a church building that is no longer required for regular public worship. The phrase is particularly used to refer to former Anglican buildings in the United Kingdom, but may refer to any disused church building around the world...
- LayoffLayoffLayoff , also called redundancy in the UK, is the temporary suspension or permanent termination of employment of an employee or a group of employees for business reasons, such as when certain positions are no longer necessary or when a business slow-down occurs...
, dismissal of an employee for lack of available work - Redundant codeRedundant codeRedundant code is a computer programming term for code, which may be source code or compiled code in a computer program, that has any form of redundancy, such as recomputing a value that has previously been calculated and is still available, code that is never executed , or code which is executed...
, computer program code that is executed but has no effect on the output of the program - Tautology (rhetoric)Tautology (rhetoric)Tautology is an unnecessary or unessential repetition of meaning, using different and dissimilar words that effectively say the same thing...
, unnecessary repetition of meaning - Database normalizationDatabase normalizationIn the design of a relational database management system , the process of organizing data to minimize redundancy is called normalization. The goal of database normalization is to decompose relations with anomalies in order to produce smaller, well-structured relations...
, the elimination of redundancy in databases - Redundant (play)Redundant (play)Redundant by Leo Butler premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in 2001 starring Lyndsey Marshal and directed by Dominic Cooke.Set in seventeen year old Lucy's Sheffield council flat, the play follows a year in the promiscuous teenager's life as she makes one disastrous choice after another. It is a...
, by Leo Butler - "Redundant" (song)Redundant (song)7-inchVinyl Box Set-Chart positions:*A *B -Music video:...
, a song recorded by the American rock band Green Day in 1997