redundancy

use of a number of critical components for securing one or more functions of a system with the intention of increasing its reliability, usually in the form of a backup or fail-safe design
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redundancy

Summary

redundancy ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (744 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • redundancy is a type of technique[2].
  • redundancy is a type of multiplicity[3].
  • redundancy is a type of quality[4].
  • redundancy is a type of overprovisioning[5].
  • redundancy is used for reliability engineering[6].
  • redundancy is used for safety engineering[7].
  • redundancy's Commons category is recorded as Redundancy[8].
  • redundancy's used by is recorded as systems engineering[9].
  • redundancy's different from is recorded as redundancy[10].
  • redundancy's different from is recorded as redundancy[11].
  • redundancy's has goal is recorded as improvement[12].
  • redundancy's has goal is recorded as fault tolerance[13].
  • redundancy's greater than is recorded as design requirement[14].
  • redundancy's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[15].
  • redundancy's characteristic of is recorded as system[16].
  • redundancy's characteristic of is recorded as component[17].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include technique[2], multiplicity[3], quality[4], and overprovisioning[5].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include reliability engineering[6] and safety engineering[7]. redundancy's used by is recorded as systems engineering[9].

Why It Matters

redundancy ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (744 views/month).[1] redundancy has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] redundancy is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 4fNyRY
    Greater than → design requirement
    Has goal → improvement, fault tolerance
    Characteristic of → system, component
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