fail closed (English, verb)
expansion: fail closed (third-person singular simple present fails closed, present participle failing closed, simple past and past participle failed closed)
Senses:
glosses: Of an access control system: to automatically block all traffic in the case of a failure. For example, an electronic safe becoming impossible to unlock in the event of a power outage.
Forms:
form: fails closed
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: failing closed
tags: participle
present
form: failed closed
tags: participle
past
form: failed closed
tags: past