Reliability, reliable, or unreliable may refer to:
Science, technology, and mathematics
Computing
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Data reliability (disambiguation), a property of some disk arrays in computer storage
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High availability
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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)
Reliability of semiconductor devices can be summarized as follows:
# Semiconductor devices are very sensitive to impurities and particles. Therefore, to manufacture these devices it is necessary to manage many processes while accurately controllin ...
, 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
** High reliability is informally reported in "
nines"
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Human reliability 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, 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)
Reliant Motor Company was a British car manufacturer based in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England. It was founded in 1935 and ended car production in 2002, the company had been known as "Reliant Motor Company" (or RMC for short) until the 1990s w ...
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