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maintenance (1) Hardware maintenance is the testing and cleaning of equipment.(2) Information system maintenance is the routine updating of master files, such as adding and deleting employees and customers and changing credit limits and product prices. (3) Software, or program, maintenance is the updating of application programs in order to meet changing information requirements, such as adding new functions and changing data formats. It also includes fixing bugs and adapting the software to new hardware devices. (4) Disk or file maintenance is the periodic reorganizing of disk files that have become fragmented due to continuous updating. maintenance 1. Law (formerly unlawful) the interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it, as by providing funds to continue the action 2. Law a provision ordered to be made by way of periodical payments or a lump sum, as after a divorce for a spouse 3. Computing a. the correction or prevention of faults in hardware by a programme of inspection and the replacement of parts b. the removal of existing faults and the modification of software in response to changes in specification or environment maintenance [′mānt·ən·əns] (industrial engineering) The upkeep of industrial facilities and equipment. maintenance The upkeep of a building and its equipment so that the building can continue to perform its required functions. See condition-based maintenance, corrective maintenance, deferred maintenance, emergency maintenance, periodic maintenance, planned maintenance, preventive maintenance, scheduled maintenance.
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