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Founded in 1946, the IEEE Computer Society is a professional organization for computing professionals. Based in Washington, DC, it's the largest of IEEE’s 38 societies organized under the IEEE Technical Activities Board. The IEEE Computer Society is dedicated to advancing the theory, practice, and ...
Pertaining to a system or component that automatically places itself in a safe operating mode in the event of a failure; for example, a traffic light that reverts to blinking red in all directions when normal operation fails.
Industry:Computer; Software
Pertaining to a system or component that continues to provide partial operational capability in the event of certain failures; for example, a traffic light that continues to alternate between red and green if the yellow light fails.
Industry:Computer; Software
Pertaining to a system or component that is able to continue normal operation despite the presence of faults.
Industry:Computer; Software
Pertaining to a system or component that is not operational or has been taken out of service.
Industry:Computer; Software
Pertaining to a system or component that is operational and in service, but not in use.
Industry:Computer; Software
Pertaining to a system or component that is operational and in service. Such a system is either busy or idle.
Industry:Computer; Software
Pertaining to a system or component that is operational, in service, and in use.
Industry:Computer; Software
Pertaining to a system or mode of operation in which computation is performed during the actual time that an external process occurs, in order that the computation results can be used to control, monitor, or respond in a timely manner to the external process.
Industry:Computer; Software
Pertaining to a system or mode of operation in which each user entry causes a response from or action by the system.
Industry:Computer; Software
Pertaining to a system or mode of operation in which inputs are collected and processed all at one time, rather than being processed as they arrive, and a job, once started, proceeds to completion without additional input or user interaction.
Industry:Computer; Software
