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💾 Ability to restore ⚖️ Right to get back
recoverability

recoverability

6.8
How easily people can fix something and use it again after damage
  • noun
  • /rɪˌkʌvərəˈbɪləti/
translation icon : recuperabilidad
  • The requirement of recoverability—that is, the capability to continue processing after a fault has been detected with no customer impact—greatly narrows the range of design options for error detection.

Examples

  • The recoverability of the data was ensured through regular backups, allowing it to be restored after a system failure.

  • Recoverability implies that errors are detected at a point in time when operations can still be resumed from a state that is known to be error-free.

    Academic text (2000)

  • And then from here we went and talked about one way of achieving recoverability using version histories.

  • Recoverability was estimated to be 2.8 million tons, or about 65 percent of that generated.

    Academic text (1999)

  • The solution is obvious, and it's a win for recoverability, too: take transaction log backups more frequently.

    Blog text (30)

  • The best aspect of mobile from a user point of view is its recoverability, as Dave Birch told the Forum Oxford Conference last fall.

    Blog text (28)

  • Recoverability was estimated to be about 3.0 million tons, based on empirical recovery rates of about 88 percent of total waste generated.

    Academic text (1999)

  • Service analyses (reliability, recoverability, maintainability, and ease of use)

    Academic text (2005)

  • This modification greatly increased the recoverability of the tags on magnets (Dahlgren, 1936).

    Academic text (1991)

  • Investing in infrastructure enhances the recoverability of resources lost during natural disasters, making recovery more manageable.

Synonyms

reversibility
vsrecoverability
  • Specialized
1 6.6

The ability to return to the original state

is broader, covering general return after failure not only reversible processes
salvability
vsrecoverability
7.0

The chance that something can be saved or fixed

is the general ability to be brought back after loss, damage, or failure
restorability
vsrecoverability
7.0

The ability to be put back to how it was before

is about being brought back after loss or failure more generally
repairability
vsrecoverability
  • Specialized
5.7

The ability of living tissue to heal after being damaged

applies more widely to returning things after loss, not only biological healing
retrievability
vsrecoverability
  • Specialized
7.0

How easy it is to find and access information when needed

focuses on physical or functional return after loss rather than finding data

How Recoverable

recoverability
6.8

Surface Forms

recoverability singular
recoverabilities plural

Morphology

recoverability = recoverable (transparent) = recover + able + ity

The adjective 'recoverable' is transparently formed from 'recover' + '-able', and adding '-ity' creates a standard noun meaning 'the state or quality of being recoverable'.

Etymology

Recoverability comes from recover ('get back') and ability ('can be done'). Recover is built from re- ('again') and cover ('cover'), so think of getting something back or putting a cover on again; that's why recoverability means the capacity of something to be restored after loss or damage.