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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=engineering">engineering</a>, a <b>fail-safe</b> is a design feature or practice that, in the event of a <a href="page.php?w=failure_causes">failure</a> of the design feature, inherently responds in a way that will cause minimal or no harm to other equipment, to the environment or to people. Unlike <a href="page.php?w=inherent_safety">inherent safety</a> to a particular hazard, a system being "fail-safe" does not mean that failure is naturally inconsequential, but rather that the system's design prevents or mitigates unsafe</p><p>
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