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111fail-safe control — A type of control that automatically puts the controlled device in a safe condition if the control system should ever fail. For example, if one or two circuits fail, the third takes over …
112fail-safe — adjective 1 a fail safe machine, piece of equipment etc contains a system that makes the machine stop working if one part of it fails 2 a fail safe plan is certain to succeed …
113fail-soft system — Any computer system that is designed to fail gracefully, with the minimum amount of data or program destruction, when part of the system malfunctions. Fail soft systems close down nonessential functions and operate at a reduced capacity until… …
114fail spot — noun or fail place : a place where forest reproduction has failed * * * fail spot, (in forestry) a place where natural or artificial reproduction has failed …
115fail-soft — /fayl sawft , soft /, adj. pertaining to or noting facilities built into a system, as in an automobile or a computer, for continuing operations on an interim basis and probably with reduced efficiency, if parts of the system fail. [play on FAIL… …
116fail-safe — 1. adjective Something which doesnt cause undue damage, in the event of failure. The system is failsafe, because everything is backed up automatically. 2. noun A fail safe device or mechanism. 3. verb To compensate automatically, in the event of… …
117fail over — verb To automatically switch processing from a failed component in a critical system to its live spare or backup component. If the Web server crashes, we can fail over to the spare in less than a second …
118fail-secure — adjective A device which, if (or when) it fails, does so in a way that will cause no harm or at least a minimum of harm to other devices or danger to personnel, and doesnt cause the system to be insecure. See Also: fail safe …
119FAIL Natalis (du) — du FAIL Natalis vide Natalis …
120fail-safe — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Ensuring safety in case of malfunction] Syn. safety, emergency, safeguarding; see protective . 2. [Unlikely to fail] Syn. foolproof, trouble free, problem free, guaranteed; see reliable 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II)… …
