noun
redundancy; making redundant
Technical term in computing for adding duplicate components or data to improve fault tolerance. Often used in phrases like 冗長化構成 (redundant configuration).
サーバーを冗長化して、障害に備える。
We make the servers redundant to prepare for failures.
データの冗長化はバックアップの基本だ。
Data redundancy is fundamental to backups.
Compound of 冗長 (redundant, verbose) + 化 (-ization, making). The term is primarily used in computing contexts.