machine-spoiled time
machine-spoiled time
[mə′shēn ¦spȯild ‚tīm] (computer science)
Computer time wasted on production runs that cannot be completed or whose results are made worthless by a computer malfunction, plus extensions of running time on runs that are hampered by a malfunction.
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