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fails over

fails over is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fail over.

Meaning of fail over

Verb

fail over (third-person singular simple present fails over, present participle failing over, simple past and past participle failed over)

  1. To automatically switch processing from a failed component in a critical system to its live spare or backup component.
    • If the Web server crashes, we can fail over to the spare in less than a second.

Questions about fails over

What is fails over the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Fails over is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fail over.

Words near fails over in the dictionary

  1. fails at life
  2. fails closed
  3. fails fast
  4. fails open
  5. fails out
  6. fails over
  7. fails safe
  8. fails up
  9. fails up the ladder
  10. fails upward
  11. fails upwards

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