fallbackaccessmethod
nounUK /ˈfɔːlbæk ˈæksɛs ˈmɛθəd/
US /ˈfɔlˌbæk ˈækˌsɛs ˈmɛθəd/
A backup way to get to something when the usual way does not work.
When the main door was locked, we used the fallbackaccessmethod through the side gate.
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2. In computing, a secondary procedure a system uses when the primary access routine fails.
The program switched to its fallbackaccessmethod when the database connection dropped.
3. A plan kept ready in case the first plan cannot be used.
Our fallbackaccessmethod was to call the teacher if the key did not work.
4. A less preferred but still usable way of reaching a place or resource.
The stairs served as a fallbackaccessmethod when the elevator broke.