Scalability Describes How Well a System Can Scale Up, or Adapt

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Scalability describes how well a system can scale up, or adapt to the increased demands of growth. If a company grows faster than anticipated, it might experience a variety of problems, from running out of storage space to taking more time to complete transactions. Anticipating expected, and unexpected, growth is key to building scalable systems that can support that development.

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Definitions:

Scrap Value

An estimated calculation of what an asset will be worth at the time it is sold, after it is no longer useful.

Sum-Of-The-Years-Digits

An accelerated method of depreciation which totals the digits of an asset's useful life and allocates the cost based on a fraction of those digits.

Scrap Value

The calculated resale value of an asset at the termination of its functional life.

MACRS Tables

Guidelines used in the United States for calculating depreciation deductions for tax purposes under the Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System.