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fail-safe

a design feature or practice of a product or system that reduces harm in case of specific failure
Class type of: fault tolerance Q1392940

Facts

5 properties
Subclass of
fault tolerance[1]
Facet of
inherent safety[3]
Said to be the same as
fail-safe system[2]
Studied by
safety engineering[5]
Uses
protective device[4]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 5
OpenAlex ID
C42259789
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/fail-safe-systems
Freebase ID
/m/0b8mw
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
42259789
Treccani ID
fail-safe

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🔗 Connections
Facet of 1
inherent safety
Studied by 1
safety engineering
Subclass of 1
fault tolerance
← Has characteristic 1
inherent safety
← Has use 1
dead man's switch
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