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冗長系 (jouchoukei) Japanese meaning: redundant system | Kotomora

冗じょう長ちょう系けい

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Meanings

1

redundant system

Technical term in engineering and IT for a system, string, or line that provides redundancy, often for fault tolerance or reliability.

このネットワークは冗じょう長ちょう系けいを備そなえているので、一いち部ぶが故こ障しょうしても

通つう

信しん

が

途と

切ぎ

れ

ない

。

This network has a redundant system, so communication won't be interrupted even if part of it fails.

Kanji

冗superfluous, uselessness
長long, leader, superior
系lineage, system

Related words

冗じょう長ちょう
冗長 means 'redundancy' or 'verbosity' in general, while 冗長系 specifically refers to a redundant system or configuration.
冗じょう長ちょう化か
冗長化 is the process of making something redundant, whereas 冗長系 is the resulting redundant system itself.

Built from

冗じょう長ちょう+系けい

Etymology

Compound of 冗長 (redundancy) and 系 (system, line). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it is a modern technical coinage.