0 the time during which a machine, especially a computer, is not working or is not able to be used
1 the time during which a machine, esp. a computer, is not working or is not able to be used
2 the time during which a machine, especially a computer, is not working or is not able to be used:
3 time when a business does not operate, for example when machines break down or there is no work to do:
4 time when you relax and do not do very much, especially time when you are not at work:
Moreover, there are 52 weeks in a year, and excluding holidays and planned and unplanned downtime, there were approximately 50 possible procedure weeks per year.
If used as a stand-alone reward system it can create a workforce of perennial students, and training time is necessarily 'downtime' performance-wise.
One way to reduce the cleaning periods, and thus plant downtime, is to look at alternative materials and surfaces with lower affinities for contamination.
Operating schedules put pressure on aircraft downtime dictating that swift and efficient problem rectification takes place after defects/symptoms are reported.
The 2% downtime (critical time) include factors like planned maintenance and programming or is due to failure of some sort.
If there is a problem with machine downtime, it may be necessary to improve maintenance systems or renew old machinery.
Scheduled maintenance practices tend to reduce machine lifetime and increase downtime, resulting in loss of productivity.
If the disks are not duplexed, this will result in significant clinical downtime (hardware replacement + 1 5 hours = 2 days work).
