downage

English

Etymology

down +‎ -age

Noun

downage (countable and uncountable, plural downages)

1. (computing) An instance or period when the system is down, or unavailable for use.

   Synonyms: downtime, outage

   • 1969, Howard Jacques Greenbaum, A Simulator of Multiple Interactive Users to Drive a Time-shared Computer System, page 30:

     […] downages, and other anomalies in operation.

   • 2002, Charles V. Breakfield, ‎Roxanne E. Burkey, Managing Systems Migrations and Upgrades (page 109)

     During trials by early adopters, each problem is identified and rated for severity, from system downage (most severe) to misalignment of a report column (minor).