catastrophic failure definition

catastrophic failure

Sudden and drastic change in the operating characteristics of a material, product, or system resulting in total loss of useful performance.

catastrophic failure is in the Disaster Planning & Risk Management and Industries, Manufacturing, & Technology subjects.

catastrophic failure appears in the definition of the following term: fault tolerant

This content can be found on the following page:

http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/catastrophic-failure.html