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failsoft

adj

Etymology

From fail + soft.

  1. derived from *semptio-✻
  2. inherited from *samft(ī)✻
  3. inherited from sōfte
  4. inherited from softe
  5. compounded as failsoft — “fail + soft”

Definitions

  1. Supporting graceful degradation, so that a partial failure does not bring down the entire…

    Supporting graceful degradation, so that a partial failure does not bring down the entire system.

    • After automatic self-test, an important follow-on step in improving test set availability is the incorporation of failsoft features in the control software in conjunction with hardware capabilities.
    • The redundancy of components (computers, database management systems, operating systems, databases) inherent in a distributed environment makes the system failsoft […]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA