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failed over
A mode of operation for failure tolerant systems in which a component has failed and its function has been assumed by a redundant component.
A system that protects against single failures operating in failed over mode may not be failure tolerant, since failure of the redundant component may render the system unable to function. Some systems (e.g., clusters) are able to tolerate more than one failure; these remain failure tolerant until no redundant component is available to protect against further failures.
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