Fail Safe
nounid
2550·updated May 9, 2026verified
Automatic protection of programs and/or processing systems when hardware or software failure is detected.
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Entity Type
Control92%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- alternatephrasing
- Fail-Safe
- plural
- Fail SafesFail Saves
- possessive
- Fail Safe's
- pluralpossessive
- Fail Safes'Fail Saves'
Framework definitions
- §1
- Automatic protection of programs and/or processing systems when hardware or software failure is detected.
- §1
- Automatic protection of programs and/or processing systems when hardware or software failure is detected.
- §1
- a mechanism capable of returning to a safe state in case there is a failure or malfunction
- §1 · legacy_primary
- Automatic protection of programs and/or processing systems when hardware or software failure is detected.DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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