Maintenance mode
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The meaning of maintenance mode depends on the context.
In the world of
software product's evolution when it is no longer competitive with other products or current with regard to the technology environment it operates within. In both cases, continued development is deemed unnecessary or ill-advised, but occasional bug fixes and security patches are still issued, hence the term maintenance mode. Maintenance mode often transitions to abandonware
.
In the world of software maintenance, it refers to the operational mode a device or service may enter when it is being maintained. For example, while diagnosing, reconfiguring, repairing, upgrading or testing it may be necessary for the device or service to drop to maintenance mode until its fitness for operational mode is verified. Another use case is deliberately putting the device or service into maintenance mode so that it cannot be used operationally while being maintained.[1]
Sometimes, when a popular
buffers
.
See also
References
- ^ Kan, Michael (27 October 2022). "Samsung 'Maintenance Mode' can protect Phone Data during Repairs". PCMag Australia. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
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