network outage
Internet goes dark
A network outage is a period when a computer network or internet connection is unavailable.
Outages may affect a single building, a service provider's entire customer base, or major portions of the internet.
The network outage lasted three hours and disrupted trading.
Causes range from equipment failure to cyberattacks to severed cables.
- downtimePeriod of non-operation
- blackoutComplete power loss
- disconnectedSeparated from a source
- connection lostInterrupted digital link
- offlineNot internet-connected
dead zone · crash · server down · failure · server · internet · connection · buffering · spinning wheel · error · frustration · tech support · loading · timeout · glitch · disruption · maintenance · router
- infrastructure failuresbridge collapse, potholes, dam breach, water main breaks, water main break
- malfunctionsbroken, defective, glitch, faulty, error
- breakdownsbreakdown, nervous breakdown, mental breakdown, failure, emotional collapse
- network errorsconnection timeout, disconnected, no internet, connection refused, DNS error
- Signal Coveragesignal strength, dead zone, dead zones, cell tower, full bars
network outagenetwork connectivity
Link between devices and internet
network access · online · online status · connected · signal
network outageuptime
Continuous operational period
system stability · redundancy · always-on · fault tolerance · failover
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