Reliability, reliable, or unreliable may refer to:
Science, technology, and mathematics
Computing
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Data reliability (disambiguation) The term data reliability may refer to:
*Reliability (statistics), the overall consistency of a measure
*Data integrity
Data integrity is the maintenance of, and the assurance of, data accuracy and consistency over its entire life-cycle and is a c ...
, a property of some disk arrays in computer storage
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High availability
High availability (HA) is a characteristic of a system which aims to ensure an agreed level of operational performance, usually uptime, for a higher than normal period.
Modernization has resulted in an increased reliance on these systems. Fo ...
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Reliability (computer networking)
In computer networking, a reliable protocol is a communication protocol that notifies the sender whether or not the delivery of data to intended recipients was successful. Reliability is a synonym for assurance, which is the term used by the ITU ...
, a category used to describe protocols
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Reliability (semiconductor), outline of semiconductor device reliability drivers
Other uses in science, technology, and mathematics
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Reliability (statistics)
In statistics and psychometrics, reliability is the overall consistency of a measure. A measure is said to have a high reliability if it produces similar results under consistent conditions:"It is the characteristic of a set of test scores that ...
, the overall consistency of a measure
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Reliability engineering
Reliability engineering is a sub-discipline of systems engineering that emphasizes the ability of equipment to function without failure. Reliability describes the ability of a system or component to function under stated conditions for a specifie ...
, concerned with the ability of a system or component to perform its required functions under stated conditions for a specified time
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Human reliability
Human reliability (also known as human performance or HU) is related to the field of human factors and ergonomics, and refers to the reliability of humans in fields including manufacturing, medicine and nuclear power. Human performance can b ...
in engineered systems
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Reliability theory
Reliability engineering is a sub-discipline of systems engineering that emphasizes the ability of equipment to function without failure. Reliability describes the ability of a system or component to function under stated conditions for a specifi ...
, as a theoretical concept, to explain biological aging and species longevity
Other uses
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Reliabilism Reliabilism, a category of theories in the philosophical discipline of epistemology
Epistemology (; ), or the theory of knowledge, is the branch of philosophy concerned with knowledge. Epistemology is considered a major subfield of philosop ...
, in philosophy and epistemology.
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Unreliable narrator
An unreliable narrator is a narrator whose credibility is compromised. They can be found in fiction and film, and range from children to mature characters. The term was coined in 1961 by Wayne C. Booth in ''The Rhetoric of Fiction''. While unrel ...
, whose credibility has been seriously compromised.
* Discrediting anything in a debate
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Reliant (disambiguation)
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