single point of failure

Noun

Meaning

single point of failure (plural single points of failure)

A component in a device, or a point in a network, that, if it were to fail would cause the entire device or network to fail; normally eliminated by adding redundancy.
Synonyms: SPF, SPOF

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Related terms

fail-safe failproof failureless fail-deadly failure rate failureproof

Examples

All programs in the future will be written in a way that there is no single point of failure. There's no one server that can die and take down the service. Ray Ozzie

Close letter words and terms

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