Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

bring down

English answer:

interrupt, stop, shut/close down

Added to glossary by Tony M
May 20, 2013 10:06
11 yrs ago
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English term

bring down

English Tech/Engineering IT (Information Technology)
When it is time to transfer the active data, you bring down the production environment for a short time.

Does it mean 'to limit' or 'to interrupt' ?
Thanks
Change log

May 24, 2013 07:54: Tony M Created KOG entry

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (1): Edith Kelly

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Discussion

Tony M May 24, 2013:
@ Asker Merci, Gilles !

Ici, le soleil tombe plutôt en gouttes :-(

Moi qui voulais tondre... encore une prétexte valable ;-)

Responses

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interrupt, stop, shut/close down

Don't have experience of your specific context, but that's certainly how I would read it from other, more general contexts.

Cf. expressions like 'bring down the government', where the 'interruption' is likely to be rather more permanent!

If it was 'up' meaning it was working, then bringing it 'down' means it is 'not working'
Note from asker:
Thanks Tony. It confirms my first idea
Peer comment(s):

agree JaneD
1 min
Thanks, Jane!
agree Henk Sanderson : Bring down: stop all active processes, to allow for new data being loaded
7 mins
Thanks, Henk!
agree Edith Kelly
7 mins
Thanks, Edith!
agree B D Finch
19 mins
Thanks, B! :-)
agree Daniel Grigoras
26 mins
Thanks, Darius!
agree Charles Davis : Surely right, as in "the system is down for maintenance" or "downtime".
46 mins
Thanks, Charles! Yes, exactly!
agree Egil Presttun
3 hrs
Thanks, Egil!
agree Yvonne Gallagher : you got it right!
5 hrs
Thanks, G2!
agree Phong Le
1 day 15 hrs
Thanks, Phong Le!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Merci Tony et bonne journée (ensoleillée)"
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