The ability of maintaining functionality when portions of a system break down.
A system that is designed to fail safe, or fail-secure, or fail gracefully, whether it functions at a reduced level or fails completely, does so in a way that protects people, property, or data from injury, damage, intrusion, or disclosure. A program might fail-safe by executing a graceful exit (as opposed to an uncontrolled crash) in order to prevent data corruption after experiencing an error.
Graceful degradation
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- Available 7x24 with 99% uptime | #operable #usable #reliable
- Avoid common vulnerabilities | #reliable #secure
- Clarity in technical documentation | #usable #reliable
- Compliance with UI styleguide | #usable
- Compliance with WCA accessibility guidelines | #usable
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- Easily understandable acceptance test cases | #usable #suitable #efficient
- Easily understandable generated code | #efficient #usable #suitable
- Easy UI | #usable
- Expressive error messages | #usable
- Fast and accurate sensor | #efficient #reliable
- Fast deployment | #reliable #operable
- Global Explainability | #suitable #safe #reliable
- Good code readability score | #reliable
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- Interruptable backend process | #usable
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- Local Explainability | #suitable #safe #reliable
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- Server fails |
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