Redundancy

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Redundancy or redundant may refer to:

Language and arts

• Redundancy (linguistics), information that is expressed more than once
• Redundant (play), 2001 drama by Leo Butler
• "Redundant" (song), 1997 song by the American rock band Green Day

Computer science and engineering

• Redundancy (databases), database systems which have a field that is repeated in two or more tables
• Redundancy (engineering), the duplication of critical components or functions of a system with the intention of increasing reliability
• Redundancy (information theory), the number of bits used to transmit a message minus the number of bits of actual information in the message
• Redundancy (total quality management), quality which exceeds the required quality level, creating unnecessarily high costs
• Redundancy (user interfaces), the same task executed by several different methods
• Redundant code, computer program code that has no effect on program output
• Redundancy check, error detection made possible by adding redundant information to a message or signal
• Logic redundancy, a digital gate network containing circuitry that does not affect the static logic function

Biology

• Codon redundancy, the redundancy of the genetic code exhibited as the multiplicity of three-codon combinations
• Cytokine redundancy, a term in immunology referring to the phenomenon in which, and the ability of, multiple cytokines to exert similar actions
• Gene redundancy, the existence of several genes in the genome of an organism that perform the same role to some extent

Other uses

• Redundancy (employment), termination of employment of a person whose post becomes unnecessary

See also

• Duplication (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles containing "Redundancy"
• All pages beginning with "Redundant"

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