downtime
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In computing and telecommunications, downtime (also (system) outage or (system) drought colloquially) is a period when a system is unavailable. The unavailability is the proportion of a time-span that a system is unavailable or offline. This is usually a result of the system failing to function because of an unplanned event, or because of routine maintenance (a planned event).
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Types
- Characteristics
- Telecommunication outage classifications
- Impact
- Famous outages
- Service levels
- Response and reduction of impact
- Planning
- Avoidance
- Other usage
- Measuring downtime
- See also
- References
- External links
In computing and telecommunications, downtime (also (system) outage or (system) drought colloquially) is a period when a system is unavailable. The unavailability is the proportion of a time-span that a system is unavailable or offline. This is usually a result of the system failing to function because of an unplanned event, or because of routine maintenance (a planned event).
The terms are commonly applied to networks and servers. The common reasons for unplanned outages are system failures (such as a crash) or communications failures (commonly known as network outage or network drought colloquially). For outages due to issues with general computer systems, the term computer outage (also IT outage or IT drought) can be used.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “downtime” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.