"fail over" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: fails over [present, singular, third-person], failing over [participle, present], failed over [participle, past], failed over [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} fail over (third-person singular simple present fails over, present participle failing over, simple past and past participle failed over)
  1. (computing) To automatically switch processing from a failed component in a critical system to its live spare or backup component. Categories (topical): Computing Related terms: failover

Inflected forms

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