Meaning

1 senses

  1. To automatically switch processing from a failed component in a critical system to its live spare or backup component.

    If the Web server crashes, we can fail over to the spare in less than a second.

Forms

fails over, failing over, failed over, failed over
Base formfail over · to fail over
3rd person singularfails over
Present participlefailing over
Past simplefailed over
Past participlefailed over

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfail over
he, she, itfails over

Past simpleLesson

all personsfailed over

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave failed over
he, she, ithas failed over

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill fail over

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Word family

1 related words
Relatedfailover

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
faggotfailA2failingfailureB1faintB1
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