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reliability
noun
-
reliability
the
quality
of
a
person
or
thing
that
can
be
trusted
to
do
what
is
expected
or
promised
•
Maria
valued
her
friend's
reliability
when
she
needed
someone
to
feed
her
cat
.
Maria
valued
her
friend's
reliability
when
she
needed
someone
to
feed
her
cat
.
•
The
reliability
of
the
bus
service
helped
commuters
arrive
on
time
every
day
.
The
reliability
of
the
bus
service
helped
commuters
arrive
on
time
every
day
.
formed
from
reliable
+
-ity
,
first
recorded
in
the
mid-19th
century
to
describe
the
state
or
quality
of
being
reliable
noun
-
reliability
the
chance
,
usually
given
as
a
percentage
or
probability
,
that
a
machine
,
system
,
or
component
will
work
without
failure
for
a
specific
time
under
stated
conditions
•
Engineers
tested
the
bridge's
reliability
under
heavy
traffic
loads
.
Engineers
tested
the
bridge's
reliability
under
heavy
traffic
loads
.
•
The
company
boasts
a
99%
server
reliability
during
peak
hours
.
The
company
boasts
a
99%
server
reliability
during
peak
hours
.
technical
sense
developed
in
the
early
20th
century
alongside
advances
in
engineering
and
statistics
,
extending
the
general
idea
of
trustworthiness
to
measurable
system
performance
