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engineering, a fail-safe is a design feature or practice that, in the event of a failure of the design feature, inherently responds in a way that will...

An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources, and provides common services for computer programs....

"become a mere hosting facility for Mac OS X related projects", and that the efforts to create a standalone Darwin operating system had failed. They also...

continue to operate when a node or connection has failed (though for a star network, failure of the central hub will still cause the network to fail). Ductile...

reliability regimes for safety-critical systems exist: Fail-operational systems continue to operate when their control systems fail. Examples of these...

may fail. It is one component of reliability engineering. Similarly, biological systems have a viable temperature range, which might be referred to as...

Fail Went From Verb to Interjection". The New York Times. Retrieved June 20, 2012. Schofield, Jack (October 17, 2008). "All your FAIL are belong to us"...

A failed state is a state that has lost its ability to fulfill fundamental security and development functions, lacking effective control over its territory...

"failing badly". A system designed to experience graceful degradation, or to fail soft (used in computing, similar to "fail safe") operates at a reduced level...

Retry, Fail?" (or "Abort, Retry, Ignore?") is an error message found in DOS operating systems, which prompts the end-user for a course of action to follow...

the machine is operated from below.[failed verification] Telehandlers fitted with elevated work platform attachments and are operated from the basket...

Fianna Fáil politician. He resigned from the Fianna Fáil in 2000 following a finding by a party standards committee that he had failed to co-operate with...

(operating system), Apple's failed OS Copeland (band), an indie rock band Copeland Bridge, a covered bridge in Edinburg, New York Copeland Lowery, a California...

causing seven deaths and 139 injuries. The passenger train operating company had failed to inform Railtrack and the signaller that the automatic warning...

their products to fail at a certain time Vendor lock-in—making a customer dependent on a vendor for products and services, unable to use another vendor...

A bridge bank is an institution created by a national regulator or central bank to operate a failed bank until a buyer can be found. While national laws...

Android is a mobile operating system based on a modified version of the Linux kernel and other open-source software, designed primarily for touchscreen...

revolution clutch and brake units are normally combined units that operate in a fail safe mode, a dual air safety valve engages clutch and starts slide motion...

Gas-operation is a system of operation used to provide energy to operate locked breech, autoloading firearms. In gas-operation, a portion of high-pressure...

shutdown valves form part of a SIS it is necessary to operate the valve by means of an actuator. These actuators are normally fail safe fluid power type. Typical...