Redundancy

The term redundancy, adj. redundant (Latin redundare " overflow in abundance be " ) may refer to:

Generally a state of overlap or abundance within the meaning of superabundance, see more product
Redundancy ( engineering), multiple presence of functionally identical or comparable technical resources ( mostly for security reasons) when they are not needed for trouble-free normal operation.
Redundancy ( information theory ), the difference between the message content and the entropy ( information theory )
Entropy (Social Sciences) to be able to change in this category with its own resources, the ability of a system to a system category,
Redundancy (communication theory ), the multiple presence of the same information
Redundancy ( Philosophy ), parts a sufficient effect for a Faktorenkonjugation if after their separation the remaining Konjugationsglieder still sufficient for the same effect, see redundancy ( information theory )
Genredundanz when several genes of an organism perform the same function or multiple genes share a function, see gene duplication
Geodesy: Measurement additional directions and / or routes which go beyond the necessary determination pieces of a triangle or geodetic network; see overdetermination
Archives: double tradition in the sense that an Archi Valie is duplicated (eg print) in an archive
Climbing: rear backup or duplication of certain (critical ) elements of the safety chain to enhance security, such as the use of two carabiners rope deflector at the top-rope climbing.
Art, Architecture and Design: Unnecessary / unnecessary parts of a sufficient design for an effect if, after their surrender, are the rest of the design is still the same effect of the statement sufficiently; see information theory.