failovern.
/ˈfeɪlˌəʊvə/, U.S. /ˈfeɪlˌoʊvər/ Computing.
A procedure by which a system automatically transfers control to a duplicate system when a fault or failure is detected. Frequently attributive.
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1977 Computerworld 7 Feb. 49/1 Applicants are needed for assignments in the following areas: AGC and economic dispatch, automatic failover/recovery, [etc.].
1988 Network World 14 Mar. 22/2 All DECserver features, including multiple-host switching, multiple sessions, load balancing and so-called automatic failover.
1998 PC Week 17 Nov. 22/3 When we shut down one server, the second server went into failover mode within a minute and mounted the shared volumes of the first server.
2011 Nottingham Post (Nexis) 8 Mar. 4 We demonstrate the failover and resilience capabilities live, letting our guests pull the plug on our support server so they could see the switchover.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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- amphibolies
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- amphibolite
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- amphibolitization
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- amphibrachs
- amphibryous