ALSO CALLED: Power Disruptions, Blackouts, Power Failures, and Power Outages DEFINITION: When a region served by an electric power plant is left without power for an extended period of time.
JOURNAL ARTICLE:
The blackout highlighted the vulnerability of the electric grid to massive failures and to potential attacks by terrorists, giving new impetus to calls for more regulatory standards and enforcement in the utilities industry.
WHITE PAPER:
Protecting computer systems with Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) hardware is part of a total solution, but power management software is also necessary to prevent data corruption after extended power outages.
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