Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fault tolerance

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.96 in modern English

Syllables: fault- -tol-er-ance
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Property that enables a system to continue operating properly in event of one failure or several failures of some of its components.

Inflected Forms

fault tolerances (plural)

Phrases

fault-tolerant

Frequently Paired Words

fault-tolerant

Questions

What does fault tolerance mean?: Property that enables a system to continue operating properly in event of one failure or several failures of some of its components.

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