different between resizeable vs scalable

English

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: re?si?ze?a?ble

Adjective

resizeable (comparative more resizeable, superlative most resizeable)

1. (computing, Britain) Alternative form of resizable

English

Etymology

From scale +? -able.

Adjective

scalable (comparative more scalable, superlative most scalable)

1. Capable of being climbed. [from 16th c.]
2. Able to be changed in scale; resizeable. [from 20th c.]
   • 2011, David Runciman, "Socialism in One Country", London Review of Books, XXXIII.15:

     To use one of the ugliest words in the contemporary lexicon, Glasman and his colleagues believe that micro-democracy is scalable: get it right at the local level, and the rest will follow.

3. (computing), (logistics), (business) Able to greatly increase in capacity, with relative ease. [from 1980s]
   • 2002, Craig Hunt, "TCP/IP Network Administration 3rd ed", pg 82:

     Most systems have a small host table, but it cannot be used for all applications because it is not scalable and does not have a standard method for automatic distribution.

Antonyms

• unscalable

Synonyms

• ultra-scalable

Related terms

• scalability

Translations

References

• scalable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• scalable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• scalable on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• basecall, scabella