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graceful degradation

noun

Definitions

  1. The ability of a system to maintain at least some of its functionality when portions are…

    The ability of a system to maintain at least some of its functionality when portions are not working, or when certain features are not available.

    • Since we built the website with graceful degradation in mind, it will replace animations with textual cues if JavaScript is not available.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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