fault-tolerant

adjective

fault-tol·​er·​ant ˈfȯlt-ˌtä-lə-rənt 

: relating to or being a computer or program with a self-contained backup system that allows continued operation when major components fail

fault tolerance noun

Examples of fault-tolerant in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The goal is to create more efficient approaches that could help quantum systems scale toward practical, fault-tolerant applications. — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 26 July 2026

Infleqtion’s Sqale platform is a full-stack neutral-atom system designed with fault-tolerant ambitions and, notably, tight coupling to classical AI infrastructure via NVIDIA’s NVQLink. — Karl Freund, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

This story has been updated to reflect that IBM is developing the first large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computer by 2029. — Samantha Subin,katie Tarasov, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2026

Combined with advances in large-scale quantum operations with high fidelity, neutral atoms have the potential to run fault-tolerant quantum computing. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 31 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1975, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for fault-tolerant

• intolerant
• tolerant