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  1. fail-over: Wordnik
  2. fail over: Wiktionary
  3. Fail-over: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. Fail-over, Fail over: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (fail over)

▸ verb:  (computing) To automatically switch processing from a failed component in a critical system to its live spare or backup component.

Similar:
fail-safe, hot swap, hot-swap, fail fast, swap out, cold boot, override, power-cycle, autoboot, page out, more...

Opposite:
failback, rollback, reverse failover, secondary return

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Similar:
fail-safe, hot swap, hot-swap, fail fast, swap out, cold boot, override, power-cycle, autoboot, page out, more...

Opposite:
failback, rollback, reverse failover, secondary return



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