"fail open" meaning in English

See fail open in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: fails open [present, singular, third-person], failing open [participle, present], failed open [participle, past], failed open [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} fail open (third-person singular simple present fails open, present participle failing open, simple past and past participle failed open)
  1. (cybersecurity) Of an access control system: to automatically let all traffic through in the case of a failure. For example, an emergency door unlocking in the event of a power outage. Categories (topical): Networking
    Sense id: en-fail_open-en-verb-bDQEhGU6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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