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for reliability
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Reliability \Re*li`a*bil"i*ty\ (r?-l?`?-b?l"?-t?), n.
The state or quality of being reliable; reliableness.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
reliability
n : the trait of being dependable or reliable [syn: dependability,
dependableness, reliableness] [ant: undependability,
undependability, undependability, undependability]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
58 Moby Thesaurus words for "reliability":
acceptability, aplomb, authenticity, authoritativeness, balance,
balanced personality, believability, believableness, calculability,
conceivability, constancy, cool, credibility, credit,
dependability, equilibrium, faithworthiness, fastness, firmness,
homeostasis, imperturbability, incorruptibility, invariability,
invincibility, inviolability, nerve, plausibility, predictability,
responsibility, rootedness, sang-froid, secureness, security,
solidity, soundness, stability, stable equilibrium, stable state,
staunchness, steadfastness, steadiness, steady nerves,
steady state, substantiality, sureness, tenability, trustability,
trustiness, trustworthiness, undeflectability, unerringness,
unfalseness, uniformity, unperfidiousness, unshakable nerves,
unshakableness, untreacherousness, validity
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :
reliability
An attribute of any system that consistently produces
the same results, preferably meeting or exceeding its
specifications. The term may be qualified, e.g software
reliability, reliable communication.
Reliability is one component of RAS.
(2000-08-13)
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