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UPTIME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does uptime mean? 

UPTIME (noun)
  The noun UPTIME has 1 sense:

1. a period of time when something (as a machine or factory) is functioning and available for useplay

  Familiarity information: UPTIME used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UPTIME (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A period of time when something (as a machine or factory) is functioning and available for use

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("uptime" is a kind of...):

period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)

Domain category:

factory; manufactory; manufacturing plant; mill (a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "uptime"):

24/7 (uptime is 24 hours a day 7 days a week)

Antonym:

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


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