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: --
Quick feeder changeover is required in order to minimize machine down-time, so feeders must be designed for fast replacement.
During this down-time he signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with the club.
He was allowed access to studios on down-time to invite artists to record.
If analysts do not add a proportion of downtime to the overall estimate of staff time/patient, this approach will underestimate labor costs and biases the cost-effectiveness ratio.
Troubleshooting represents about 50% of airplane downtime, and the main goal was to halve the time required for diagnosis, which means an overall reduction of 25% in downtime.
When machinery is operated continuously for long periods, greater productivity may be affected by downtime for maintenance.
Many high-availability systems do not threaten human life in cases of failure and instead are designed to maximize uptime and minimize downtime.
If the disks are not duplexed, this will result in significant clinical downtime (hardware replacement + 1 5 hours = 2 days work).
