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resilience

n.
US //ɹɪˈzɪɫiəns// UK //ɹɪsˈɪliəns// re·silience
  1. 1 system stability (n.)
    C1 Advanced Academic Computing

    the ability of a company or a computer system to keep working or fix itself after a major problem.

    the capacity of a complex system or organisation to maintain or restore its core functions during and after a significant disruption.

    Example

    The company's resilience was tested when their main server crashed for two days.

    Example

    Engineers designed the network with high resilience to ensure that local power outages would not compromise the integrity of the global database.
Origin

From Latin resiliō (“to spring back”) + -ence.

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