fail-safe
a design feature or practice of a product or system that reduces harm in case of specific failure
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Summary
fail-safe ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (257 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- fail-safe's subclass of is recorded as fault tolerance[2].
- fail-safe's said to be the same as is recorded as fail-safe system[3].
- fail-safe's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0b8mw[4].
- fail-safe's facet of is recorded as inherent safety[5].
- fail-safe's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/fail-safe-systems[6].
- fail-safe's uses is recorded as protective device[7].
- fail-safe's studied by is recorded as safety engineering[8].
- fail-safe's Treccani ID is recorded as fail-safe[9].
- fail-safe's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 42259789[10].
- fail-safe's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C42259789[11].
Why It Matters
fail-safe ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (257 views/month).[1] fail-safe has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] fail-safe is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]