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uptime

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up⋅time

[uhp-tahym]
–noun
1. the time during which a machine or piece of equipment, as a computer, is operating or can be operated.
2. the time during which an employee is actually working.
Compare downtime.


Origin:
1955–60; up (in sense “operating”) + time
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up·time   (ŭp'tīm')   
n.  The time during which a device, such as a computer, is functioning or available for use.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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