service outage
Connection suddenly lost
A service outage is a period when a system, utility, or service is unavailable.
The term applies broadly—power outages leave homes dark, internet outages disrupt work, and software outages take websites offline.
The bank apologized for the service outage that prevented customers from accessing their accounts.
Outages may be planned for maintenance or unexpected due to failures.
- downtimePeriod of non-operation
- blackoutComplete power loss
- disruptionForceful interruption of process
- offlineNot internet-connected
- crashSudden violent impact
failure · glitch · technical difficulties · maintenance · disconnect · connection lost · unavailable · error · interruption · network · buffering · spinning wheel · frustration · waiting · please stand by · reload · technical · breakdown
- breakdownsbreakdown, nervous breakdown, mental breakdown, failure, emotional collapse
- network errorsnetwork error, connection timeout, disconnected, no internet, connection refused
- operational riskssystem failure, human error, equipment failure, data breach, software bug
- utility problemsblackout, brownout, water leak, gas leak, billing error
- signal problemsbad connection, dead zone, dead zones, dropped calls, no signal
- system failuressystem crash, fatal error, blue screen, kernel panic, hardware failure
service outageuptime
Continuous operational period
online · operational · up and running · live · active
service outagealways-on
Operating without pause
steady state · reliability · stability · scheduled maintenance · business as usual
service, outage, services, serviced, servicing, serviceable, servant, serve, server