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Definition: Term used to refer to a physical building location, or the equipment and systems at a location, or both in which case the term used might be physical plant and equipment. A telephone company or cable system s network of lines, switches, nodes, and so on are commonly referred to as its facilities or simply as its plant.
(See Fax .)
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Definition: Typically used in audio engineering and video production, a fader (also known as a slider or attenuator) provides users with the ability to perform a gradual change to the amplitude of a signal. Commonly found on traditional audio mixing consoles, faders are also found as a feature of most MIDI software programs.
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Definition: In general terms, a failover is a strategy for transparently transferring mission-critical operations to a backup system in the event of a primary system outage or failure. For example, if a computer network is equipped with redundant resources the secondary devices can assume the duties of the primary should the primary fail. This can be done manually or automatically depending on the setup, although most robust systems handle the switch to failover seamlessly and automatically. Once the primary system is back online, the failover will switch control back to the main system.
Used in a sentence: After the last power outage we were happy we had installed a failover so that we could deliver uninterrupted service. (See also Fault Tolerance.)
