noun · academic
scalability
UK/ˌskeɪləˈbɪlɪti/US/ˌskeɪləˈbɪləti/sca·la·BIL·i·ty
the ability of a system or product to handle increased load or to be easily expanded.
Examples
“The platform's scalability meant it could support millions of new users after the launch.”
“Startups often prioritise scalability when designing their backend.”
“Poor scalability causes systems to slow down during traffic spikes.”
Band 8 sentence
“When evaluating cloud providers, we must consider not only current performance but also long‑term scalability under variable workloads.”
Collocations
- scalability concerns
- high scalability
- scale up
Word family
Common mistakes
This software have good scalability.→This software has good scalability.
We need to scaleability the system.→We need to scale the system.
Say it for a higher band
5capacity→6expandability→7+scalability
Synonyms
expandability
Easily confused
capacity
“The server's capacity is 10,000 concurrent users.”
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