define the word redundancy?
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redundancy is the duplication of critical components or functions of a system with the intention of increasing reliability of the system, usually in the form of a backup or fail-safe, or to improve actual system performance, such as in the case of GNSS receivers, or multi-threaded computer processing
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re·dun·dan·cy | \ ri-ˈdən-dən(t)-sē \
plural redundancies
Definition of redundancy
1a : the quality or state of being redundant : SUPERFLUITY
b : the use of redundant components
also : such components
c chiefly British : dismissal from a job especially by layoff
2 : PROFUSION, ABUNDANCE
3a : superfluous repetition : PROLIXITY
b : an act or instance of needless repetition
4 : the part of a message that can be eliminated without loss of essential information