Fail-safe definition

Fail-safe

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WordNet

(1) Eliminating danger by compensating automatically for a failure or malfunction

"A fail-safe device in a nuclear weapon to deactivate it automatically in the event of accident"

(2) Guaranteed not to fail

"A fail-safe recipe for cheese souffle"

(3) A mechanism capable of returning to a safe state in case there is a failure or malfunction

WiktionaryText

fail-safe

Something which doesn't cause undue damage, in the event of failure.

The system is failsafe, because everything is backed up automatically.