elasticity vs malleability

elasticity

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

  • 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. 

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

  • Adaptability. 

  • The quality of being elastic. 

malleability

noun
  • The property by virtue of which a material can be extended in all directions without rupture by the application of load; a material's ability to be bent, formed, or shaped without cracking or breaking. 

  • The quality or state of being malleable. 

  • a property of a cryptographic algorithms in which an adversary can alter a ciphertext such that it decrypts to a related plaintext 

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