How to pronounce “single point of failure”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• A component in a device, or a point in a network, that, if it were to fail, would cause the entire device or network to fail (normally eliminated by adding redundancy).
• (by extension) A minor mistake that creates a chain reaction.

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