👉 Failsafe computing, or "fail-safe" design, is a critical approach in system architecture that ensures systems default to a safe state when they encounter errors or unexpected conditions. This design principle aims to prevent catastrophic failures by incorporating mechanisms that halt operations, isolate faults, or revert to a known good state when anomalies are detected. Failsafe computing is crucial in safety-critical systems such as aviation, medical devices, and nuclear power plants, where system failures can have severe consequences. It involves redundancy, error detection and correction, and failover protocols to maintain system integrity and safety even in the face of hardware malfunctions, software bugs, or external threats.
