Meanings
nounfault tolerance (plural fault tolerances)
plural fault tolerances
- system theoryProperty that enables a system to continue operating properly in event of one failure or several failures of some of its components.
Translations
Arabic تَحْمِلُ الْأَخْطَاءُ
- تَحْمِلُ الْأَخْطَاءُ (taḥmilu l-ʔaḵṭāʔu)property that enables a system to continue operating properly in event of one failure or several failures of some of its components
Chinese Mandarin 容錯 /容错
- 容錯 /容错 (róngcuò)property that enables a system to continue operating properly in event of one failure or several failures of some of its components
Danish fejltolerance
- fejltoleranceproperty that enables a system to continue operating properly in event of one failure or several failures of some of its components
Finnish vikasieto
- vikasietoproperty that enables a system to continue operating properly in event of one failure or several failures of some of its components
German Fehlertoleranz
- Fehlertoleranzproperty that enables a system to continue operating properly in event of one failure or several failures of some of its components
Norwegian Bokmål feiltoleranse
- feiltoleranseproperty that enables a system to continue operating properly in event of one failure or several failures of some of its components
Polish tolerancja błędów
- tolerancja błędówproperty that enables a system to continue operating properly in event of one failure or several failures of some of its components
Turkish arızaya dayanıklılık
- arızaya dayanıklılıkproperty that enables a system to continue operating properly in event of one failure or several failures of some of its components
Cite this entry
APA
fault tolerance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fault%20tolerance
MLA
“fault tolerance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fault%20tolerance. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fault tolerance,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fault%20tolerance.
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