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Business Definition for: Redundancy

Wiktionary Definition for: Redundancy

  • The state of being redundant; a superfluity; something redundant or excessive; a needless repetition in language; excessive wordiness.
  • duplication 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 British'') The state of being unemployed because one's job is no longer necessary; the dismissal of such an employee; a layoff.

Additional Resources

VoIP Inc. Enhances Network Infrastructure to Support Growth and Redundancy of All Network Elements
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- New York location provides additional redundancy and improved QoS
Tags: network, network infrastructure
Research articles 2005-03-02
Terminating Employee Due To Redundancy
Use this template as a termination letter to the employee due to redundancy i.e. lack of available work.
Tags: Termination, LetterPremier.com, Workforce Management, Human Resources
Tools & templates 2008-01-01
Redundancy And Productivity In The Speech Technology Lexicon
Current lexica for speech technology typically contain much redundancy, while omitting useful information. A comparison with lexica in other media and for other purposes is instructive, as it highlights some features we may borrow for text-to-speech and speech recognition lexica. We describe some aspects of the new lexicon we are...
Tags: Lexicon, Speech Recognition, Advertising & Promotion, Emerging Technologies, Marketing
White papers 2006-06-13
Scalable UPS product line.(uninterruptible power supply)(Brief Article)
The Nfinity UPS system provides online power protection with N + x redundancy. The modular design is flexible and may be configured with ... The Nfinity UPS system provides online power protection with N + x redundancy. The modular design is flexible and may...
Tags: power supply, redundancy, uninterruptible power supply, United Parcel Service of America Inc.
Research articles 2001-02-01
WORLD BANK DENIES CHINA'S PRODUCTION CAPACITY REDUNDANCY
AsiaInfo Services 05-12-2006 World Bank Denies China's Production Capacity Redundancy SHANGHAI, May 12, 2006 SinoCast via COMTEX -- According to World Bank, the possibility of production capacity redundancy of China does not exist. The sta AsiaInfo Services...
Tags: industry, redundancy, World Bank
Research articles 2006-05-12
Starz Encore productivity and air operation.
The major system design goals for Starz Encore included full-program stream redundancy with dual "hot standby" feeds and media redundancy within the server systems. The technical team also decided that a move to a server-based infrastruct The major system design goals for Starz Encore...
Tags: redundancy, server, Starz
Research articles 2003-12-01
Does redundancy equal profit?
Not every industry profits from redundancy. In fact, eliminating silly repetitiveness was a strong part of the rumors that GM would buy Chrysler from the Daimler brand a few months ago. The saying went that GM as buyer would be able to eliminate many whitNot every industry profits from redundancy....
Tags: General Motors Corp., redundancy
Research articles 2007-05-01
S3 Matching Technologies to Launch Triple Redundancy for Its Financial Services Clients
S3 Matching Technologies, which provides mission critical data services to numerous Fortune 50 enterprises, is deploying triple redundancy to make an interruption of the market data or data center processing almost a mathematical impossibility. The configuration will include two separate market data providers delivering multiple feeds to three...
Tags: financial service
Research articles 2008-04-28
KLM. (Europe Report).(redundancy package for laid off workers)(Brief Article)
KLM in late May reached a tentative agreement with its unions on a redundancy package for a layoff of 1,000 employees, who will continue to work at KLM for a year. The unions in return agreed to postpone a planned 2.5% pay ... KLM...
Tags: KLM, worker
Research articles 2003-07-01
Altera Unveils Patented Redundancy Technology in High-Density Programmable Logic; Reduces Device Costs by Increasing Yields; Critical to Making High-Density Devices
SAN JOSE, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 26, 1996--Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) today announced it is the first programmable logic device provider to use redundancy technology in high-density programmable logic devices PLDs.
Tags: Altera Corp.
Research articles 1996-08-27
Mini dc-dc supplies simplify redundancy in parallel systems. (uninterruptible power supplies) (includes related articles on weak links that limit UPS reliability and the increase in converter switching frequencies) (technical)
Mini dc/dc supplies simplify redundancy in parallel systems A source of uninterrupted power is increasingly becoming a requirement for computing systems. A total or even partial power failure, and the subsequent loss of data, can be catastrophic for Mini dc/dc supplies simplify redundancy in parallel...
Tags: power supply, redundancy, uninterruptible power supply, United Parcel Service of America Inc.
Research articles 1988-04-28
Merrill Lynch employees ponder controversial redundancy offer.
To stay or to go? More than 50,000 of Merrill Lynch's 66,000 employees are pondering this conundrum with increasing urgency as Friday's deadline looms for accepting the firm's unexpected offer of voluntary redundancy. To stay or to go? More than 50,000 of Merrill Lynch's...
Tags: Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., redundancy
Research articles 2001-11-05
Modular Power, Maximum Flexibility
NIBCO manufactures a variety of copper fittings at the Stuarts Draft facility, including elbows, T's and couplings ranging in size from one-half to six inches. Having reliable backup power is essential for NIBCO, Inc. at its copper products foundry in Stuarts Draft, Virginia. To provide redundancy and maximum operating flexibility,...
Tags: NIBCO, Backups, Flexibility
Case studies
Cisco Systems Helps Network Managers Build Fault Tolerance, Redundancy Into ATM Networks; New software and hardware advances will speed deployment of ATM
SAN JOSE, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 13, 1996--Cisco Systems, Inc. today announced significant new software and hardware advances for building fault tolerance and redundancy into LAN Emulation LANE-based ATM networks. These advances will give customers a highly reliable, standards-based ATM LAN Emulation solution for production environments. They include:
Tags: ATM, Cisco Systems Inc., fault-tolerance, hardware, network, software
Research articles 1996-08-13
New ArchestrA Capabilities from Wonderware Offer Unprecedented Scalability, Redundancy and Information Security for Semiconductor APC and EES Markets
LAKE FOREST, Calif. -- Wonderware (UIR:PQG2336), a business unit of Invensys Systems Inc., today announced significant new ArchestrA capabilities that offer unprecedented scalability, redundancy and information security for semiconductor advanced process control APC and equipment engineering systems EES. These new capabilities are delivered via version 2.0 of the Wonderware Industrial...
Tags: American Power Conversion Corp., information security, scalability, semiconductor
Research articles 2004-12-07
Castelle Releases Market's First Network Fax Server Appliance With Full Hardware Redundancy; Company Moves Further Into Enterprise Market With New FaxPress Enterprise™ Redundant Fax Server
MORGAN HILL, Calif. -- CastelleR (Nasdaq:CSTL), a leader in "all-in-one" network fax solutions for the business and enterprise markets, today announced the release of its new FaxPress EnterpriseTM Redundant Fax Server, the first true network server appliance with full hardware redundancy for fax applications.
Tags: fax, fax server, hardware, server
Research articles 2006-07-28
Congress' toolbox.
When I was young and rather simpleminded - if you'll pardon the obvious redundancy - I attempted one Saturday afternoon to help my father put up wall paneling. When I was young and rather simpleminded - if you'll pardon the obvious redundancy - I...
Tags: U.S. Congress
Research articles 2004-08-23
GE Transportation Systems Global Signaling, LLC - Communications and Signaling Equipment And Warning Devices - Advertising - Brief Article
HXP/ PMD-3 (Harmon Crossing Processor/ Phase Motion Detector) is an entry-level predictor with enhanced software allowing the user to switch to the predictor function simply by selecting the constant-warning option on the menu. The unit is available in three models. HXP/ PMD-3D offers stand-alone operation for double-track application. HXP/ PMD-3R...
Tags: advertisement, General Electric Co.
Research articles 2002-06-01
Intel Announces Silicon Redundancy Solution for Telecommunications Applications
High Tech Writers
Tags: Intel Corp., telecommunications
Research articles 2001-03-13
Microturbine Applications and Issues
The paper describes about Applications and Issues of MicroTurbines. MicroTurbines may generate energy at a lower cost than peak utility power. Thus businesses pay less for electricity and leave more power available for all others in the region. 60 percent of buildings in the US have peak loads that are...
Tags: Capstone Turbine, Microturbine
White papers 2002-02-21
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