Outage

/ˈaʊtɪdʒ/

Meaning & Definition

noun

a period during which a service, especially electricity or internet, is not available.

The power outage lasted for several hours, causing widespread disruption.

the state of being out of service.

The internet outage affected all employees working from home.

a failure or interruption in a service.

The company reported an outage that impacted their ability to process transactions.

a temporary suspension of normal operations.

During the scheduled maintenance, there was a planned outage of the online system.

Coined in the early 20th century, derived from 'out' and 'age'.

power outage

A loss of electrical power to an area.

service outage

A loss of availability for a particular service.

planned outage

A scheduled interruption of service for maintenance.

interruption

A break in continuity or regularity.

failure

The lack of success in achieving a desired aim.

Down time

The website was experiencing some down time due to server issues.

Blackout

We had a blackout after the storm hit.