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fault tolerance

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: system theory

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8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَحْمِلُ الْأَخْطَاءُ (taḥmilu l-ʔaḵṭāʔu) — property that enables a system to continue operating properly in event of one failure or several failures of some of its components
  • Chinese Mandarin: 容錯 /容错 (róngcuò) — property that enables a system to continue operating properly in event of one failure or several failures of some of its components
  • Danish: fejltolerance — property that enables a system to continue operating properly in event of one failure or several failures of some of its components
  • Finnish: vikasieto — property that enables a system to continue operating properly in event of one failure or several failures of some of its components
  • German: Fehlertoleranz — property that enables a system to continue operating properly in event of one failure or several failures of some of its components
  • Norwegian Bokmål: feiltoleranse — property that enables a system to continue operating properly in event of one failure or several failures of some of its components
  • Polish: tolerancja błędów — property that enables a system to continue operating properly in event of one failure or several failures of some of its components
  • Turkish: arızaya dayanıklılık — property that enables a system to continue operating properly in event of one failure or several failures of some of its components