failover
English
noun
Definitions
- (computing) An automatic switch to a secondary system on failure of the primary system, such as a means for ensuring high availability of some critical resource (such as a computer system), involving a parallel backup system which is kept running at all times so that, upon detected failure of the primary system, processing can be automatically shifted over to the backup.
Etymology
Compound from English fail + English over (shore, riverbank).
Origin
English
over
Gloss
shore, riverbank
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
岸
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- all-over English
- allover English
- arcover English
- backover English
- boilover English
- cabover English
- carryover English
- changeover English
- coilover English
- combover English
- comeover English
- cutover English
- fail English
- fail-deadly English
- failable English
- failback English
- failcascade English
- failer English
- failest English
- faileth English
- failproof English
- failsoft English
- failtastic English
- flashover English
- flopover English
- foldover English
- hangover English
- kickover English
- layover English
- liftover English
- lookover English
- moreover English
- mouseover English
- over English
- over-industrious English
- overage English
- overall English
- overfrank English
- overheight English
- overish English
- overland English
- overleaf English
- overlength English
- overling English
- overloading English
- overly English
- overmore English
- overmost English
- overness English
- overnight English
- overpopulate English
- overrobe English
- oversea English
- overside English
- oversman English
- oversocks English
- overwidth English
- paintover English
- pushover English
- rockover English
- rollover English
- sleepover English
- slipover English
- spillover English
- standover English
- stayover English
- stepover English
- stopover English
- strikeover English
- switchover English
- takeover English
- thereover English
- turnover English
- typeover English
- unfailable English
- voice-over English
- walkover English
- washover English
- whereover English
- wingover English
- winterover English
- workover English
- wrapover English
- yarnover English
- オーバー Japanese
- failen Middle English
- over Middle English
- เว่อร์ Thai
- feli Swahili
- abra Sranan Tongo
- over
- fail
- failer
- overly
- arcover
- cabover
- overish
- cutover
- allover
- failest
- overage
- layover
- oversea
- faileth
- overall
- moreover
- lookover
- overrobe
- takeover
- overland
- wrapover
- liftover
- boilover
- overleaf
- failsoft
- wingover
- overmost
- kickover
- overling
- overside
- overmore
- pushover
- stopover
- failable
- foldover
- failback
- flopover
- slipover
- overness
- all-over
- yarnover
- stepover
- washover
- workover
- rockover
- stayover
- coilover
- backover
- hangover
- oversman
- combover
- turnover
- typeover
- walkover
- comeover
- rollover
- thereover
- paintover
- failproof
- carryover
- mouseover
- overfrank
- overwidth
- standover
- whereover
- oversocks
- overnight
- spillover
- flashover
- sleepover
- strikeover
- overheight
- changeover
- winterover
- switchover
- voice-over
- overlength
- failtastic
- unfailable
- overloading
- failcascade
- fail-deadly
- overpopulate
- over-industrious