failover Meaning & Definition
What Does Failover Mean?
Failover is a noun that means An automatic switch to a secondary system on failure of the primary system, such as a means for ensuring high availability of some critical resource (such as a computer system), involving a parallel backup system which is kept running at all times, so that, upon detected failure of the primary system, processing can be automatically shifted over to the backup.
Failover Definition (Noun)
- An automatic switch to a secondary system on failure of the primary system, such as a means for ensuring high availability of some critical resource (such as a computer system), involving a parallel backup system which is kept running at all times, so that, upon detected failure of the primary system, processing can be automatically shifted over to the backup.
Synonyms of Failover
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Failover synonyms and antonyms →Word Forms & Grammar
failover (countable and uncountable, plural failovers)
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Origin of Failover
Deverbal from fail over.