hardware fault tolerance
1fault tolerance — fault tolerant ˈfault ˌtolerant adjective COMPUTING fault tolerant computer/machine a computer that continues working even if it has a fault or when there is a fault in a program fault tolerance noun [uncountable] * * * fault tolerant UK US… …
2Byzantine fault tolerance — is a sub field of error tolerance research inspired by the Byzantine Generals Problem, which is a generalized version of the Two Generals Problem.The object of Byzantine fault tolerance is to be able to defend against a Byzantine failure , in… …
3fault tolerance — Ability of a computer or network system to continue operating even in the event of software errors or hardware malfunctions …
4Fault-tolerant computer systems — are systems designed around the concepts of fault tolerance. In essence, they have to be able to keep working to a level of satisfaction in the presence of faults. Types of fault tolerance Most fault tolerant computer systems are designed to be… …
5Hardware-Fehlertoleranz — (HFT, engl. Hardware Fault Tolerance) ist eine Kennzahl zur Beschreibung von Systemen mit sicherheitsgerichteter Funktion. Der Begriff wird in der Norm IEC 61508 zur Funktionssicherheit u.a. elektrischer Systeme verwendet. Eine HFT = N gibt an,… …
6System Fault Tolerance — Abbreviated SFT. In Novell NetWare, a method of duplicating data on several hard disks so that if one disk fails, the data is still available from another disk. Several levels of hardware and software SFT are available in NetWare, with each …
7Fault-tolerant design — In engineering, Fault tolerant design, also known as fail safe design, is a design that enables a system to continue operation, possibly at a reduced level (also known as graceful degradation), rather than failing completely, when some part of… …
8fault tolerant — UK US (also fault tolerant) adjective ► relating to a computer system that continues working even when there is something wrong with the hardware or software: » a fault tolerant processing system fault tolerance noun [U] …
9Fault injection — In software testing, fault injection is a technique for improving the coverage of a test by introducing faults in order to test code paths, in particular error handling code paths, that might otherwise rarely be followed. It is often used with… …
10Fault-tolerant system — This article contains specific implementations of fault tolerant systems. For general theory, see fault tolerant design. Fault tolerance or graceful degradation is the property that enables a system (often computer based) to continue operating… …
