fail closed
verbDefinitions
Of an access control system
Of an access control system: to automatically block all traffic in the case of a failure. For example, an electronic safe becoming impossible to unlock in the event of a power outage.
- Coordinate term: fail open
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for fail closed. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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