No Downtime

Phrase · Slang & Abbreviations

Definitions

  1. Describing a deployment, migration, or system change intended to occur without causing visible service interruption for users. In practice it usually means downtime is hidden, minimized, or carefully avoided rather than magically absent.

    In plain English: A change that aims to avoid service interruption.

    Example: "The database cutover needs a no downtime plan or we push it out."

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