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root cause

noun

Definitions

  1. An initiating cause of a chain of events which leads to an outcome or effect of interest.

    • However, the report finds that the "root cause has not yet been established".

  2. To identify the cause of a chain of events which leads to an outcome or effect of…

    To identify the cause of a chain of events which leads to an outcome or effect of interest.

    • Fishbones are a great tool for collecting, categorizing, and root-causing feedback from staff.
    • After the effect of the bug is observed using post-silicon tests, the next step is to localize the source of error, root-cause bugs, and fix them.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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