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Vinony

reliability

noun

  1. dependability
  2. psychometric term
  3. ability of a computer network protocol to notify the sender of whether delivery of data was successful
  4. ability of a system or component to function under stated conditions for a specified period of time
  5. quality of being reliable, dependable or trustworthy
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English rely Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English reliable Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English reliability From reliable + -ity.

  1. The quality of being reliable, dependable, or trustworthy.

    “Above all, rail needs to be boring. By that, I mean that it must run its timetable reliably, day-in and day-out. Punctuality and reliability remain the bedrock of a successful railway.”

  2. the ability to measure the same thing consistently (of a measurement indicating the degree to which the measure is consistent); that is, repeated measurements would give the same result (See also validity).
  3. measurable time of work before failure