DOWNTIME

downtime

(noun) a period of time when something (as a machine or factory) is not operating (especially as a result of malfunctions)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

downtime (countable and uncountable, plural downtimes)

The amount of time lost due to forces beyond one's control, as with a computer crash.

Coordinate term: idle time

A period of time set aside for rest and relaxation; leisure time.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

7 June 2025

PARSEC

(noun) a unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc; equivalent to 3.262 light years


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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