Redundancy

1. Risk management.

Intentional overcapacity in any system, to act as a backup in case of failures or unexpected future demand.

2. Risk management.

Intentional repetition in communications or data, so that if part of a message is lost or corrupted, the communication will still be understood.

3.

Unnecessary or wasteful repetition or overcapacity.

4.

The ending of an employment at the instigation of the employer.

See also

• Black swan
• Employer
• Guide to risk management
• Heuristic
• Last in first out
• Optimisation
• Probability
• Resilience
• Retrenchment
• Risk
• Stress test