hardware failure

collocation in English

meaningsofhardwareandfailure

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hardware
noun[U]
uk
/ˈhɑːd.weər/us
/ˈhɑːrd.wer/
the physical and electronic parts of a computer, rather than the instructions ...
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failure
noun
uk
/ˈfeɪ.ljər/us
/ˈfeɪ.ljɚ/
the fact of someone or something ...
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(Definition ofhardwareandfailurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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An example of a primary problem is the file server detecting ahardwarefailureresulting in the loss of files.
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It was ahardwarefailure.
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Hardwarefailurehas proven to be a substantial source of project shutdownsashardwarefailureis often coupled with database corruption.
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A permanent failure indicates errors such ashardwarefailure.
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Safeguards are incorporated into the retail prices index computer system both to prevent unauthorised access and to secure the system against computerhardwarefailure.
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This allows individual nodes to be recreated in the case ofhardwarefailure.
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Drives can be designated for use by an array in the event ofhardwarefailure.
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Its last performance, during newyears eve of 2000, never happened because of a serioushardwarefailure.
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To lessen the effects of unavoidablehardwarefailure, software is designed to be fault tolerant.
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This procedure was designed to preventhardwarefailureso that the lunar landing mission could be continued.
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These events may happen once or several times until thehardwarefailureoccurs, or not at all.
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All the gerbils died due to ahardwarefailure, but condition of the rest of the experiments, including all geckos, was satisfactory.
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Applications needed to be fortified with this check-pointing to allow roll-back of the application on another processor if ahardwarefailureoccurred.
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A database that has been corrupted byhardwarefailureor other catastrophe can be recovered from the most recent journal and checkpoint.
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This was described as a very serious anomaly, but potentially recoverable if it were a software or memory corruption issue rather than a serioushardwarefailure.
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Recovery testing is basically done in order to check how fast and better the application can recover against any type of crash orhardwarefailureetc.
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When ahardwarefailureoccurred in one of the zones, the affected zone was brought offline without bringing down the other zone, which continued to operate as normal.
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Data that exists as a single copy in only one location is highly vulnerable to software orhardwarefailure, intentional or accidental alteration, and environmental catastrophes like fire, flooding, etc.
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A closely related term is "interface flapping" where an interface on a router has ahardwarefailure that will cause the router to announce it alternately as up and down.
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