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n. - A period of time when something (as a machine or factory) is functioning and available for use.

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  • Their uptime is great (did not experience any major downtime before).
  • Current uptime is 10 days and 13 hours; last reboot was for a software security update.
  • This would once again seem to contradict your assertion and indicate that uptime is important.
  • But by and large, Amazon has had a good record with its services as far as uptime is concerned.
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