reliable
- Adjective. Suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy of dependence or reliance; trustworthy.
- Adjective. (signal processing, of a communication protocol) Such that either a sent packet will reach its destination, even if it requires retransmission, or the sender will be told that it didn't.
- Noun. Something or someone reliable.
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