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Word: failover (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • countable An automatic switch to a secondary system on failure of the primary system.
  • uncountable A means for ensuring high availability of some critical resource (such as a computer system), involving a parallel, backup system which is kept running at all times so that, upon detected failure of the primary system, processing can be automatically shifted over to the backup.

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