also: サーバおち
server outage; server crash; server failure
IT term for when a server becomes unavailable due to crash, overload, or network issues.
The server went down due to a surge in traffic.
We are investigating the cause of the server outage.
Standard spelling with long vowel mark.
Variant without long vowel mark, common in technical contexts.
Compound of サーバー (server) and 落ち (falling, going down), from the verb 落ちる (to fall, to go down).