Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fail over

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.60 in modern English

Syllables: fail over
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To automatically switch processing from a failed component in a critical system to its live spare or backup component.

Example Sentences

"If the Web server crashes, we can fail over to the spare in less than a second."

Inflected Forms

fails over (present, singular) failing over (participle, present) failed over (participle, past) failed over (past)

Frequently Paired Words

failover

Questions

What does fail over mean?: To automatically switch processing from a failed component in a critical system to its live spare or backup component.

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