Uptime
n.capable, resilientprofessional
What it means
The period or proportion of time that a system remains available and working.
Reach for it when Evaluating operational reliability of a service, machine, or network.
A second connection raised the clinic's uptime during severe weather.
Choose between these
5- playful
online time
network accessibility is the specific context
not when not for pumps, generators, or offline machinery
- everyday
operating time
plain wording is useful for nontechnical readers
not when less precise about percentage or service access
- professional
availability
users can access the service when needed
not when can include degraded operation that uptime counts as running
- professional
consistent dependable behavior is the wider concern
not when includes correctness beyond time online
- formal
service continuity
unbroken delivery to users matters
not when can be maintained through a backup while one system is down
Said against
3- downtime
- outage
- unavailability
It naturally appears in
3- high uptime
Redundant pumps delivered high uptime throughout the wet season.
- service uptime
The public dashboard reports service uptime for every lift.
- uptime target
The radio network met its uptime target for twelve straight months.
Where this comes from
- wiktionary, noun computing: time a system is operational opens in a new tab · retrieved 2026-07-26
The definition and the example on this page are written here. The dictionaries above ground which meaning is being described, not the wording.