adaptability vs elasticity

adaptability

noun
  • The quality of being adaptable; a quality that renders adaptable. 

  • Variability in respect to, or under the influence of, external conditions; susceptibility of an organism to that variation whereby it becomes suited to or fitted for its conditions of environment; the capacity of an organism to be modified by circumstances. 

elasticity

noun
  • Adaptability. 

  • The sensitivity of changes in a quantity with respect to changes in another quantity. 

  • A measure of the flexibility of a data store's data model and clustering capabilities. 

  • The ratio of the relative change in a function's output with respect to the relative change in its input, for infinitesimal changes at a certain point. 

  • The property by virtue of which a material deformed under load can regain its original dimensions when unloaded 

  • A system's ability to adapt to changes in workload by automatically provisioning and de-provisioning resources. 

  • The quality of being elastic. 

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