outages
n. countablen. periods of time when a service, like electricity or the internet, stops working. These usually happen because of a storm, an accident, or repairs.
n. periods during which a service or utility, such as power or telecommunications, is unavailable for use. Often implies a temporary failure of a network or infrastructure.
The storm caused several power outages in the city.
The hospital has backup generators to ensure that patient care continues during unexpected electricity outages.
While scheduled maintenance accounts for some downtime, the majority of network outages are triggered by unforeseen hardware failures or severe weather events that damage physical infrastructure.
Commonly used in the plural to describe multiple events or a general state of service failure.