fail open

verb

Definitions

  1. Of an access control system

    Of an access control system: to automatically let all traffic through in the case of a failure. For example, an emergency door unlocking in the event of a power outage.

    • Coordinate term: fail closed

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for fail open. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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