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mission-critical en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. Of a process or part within a larger system, vital to the operations of the system as a whole.
    • Let me remind you here that a less-than-sixty-second, fun-to-use general-reference filing system within arm's reach of where you sit is a mission-critical component of full implementation of this methodology. 2002, David Allen, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity, page 128:
    • Cooling is an often underappreciated but a mission-critical part of the computer system. 2011, Benjamin Patrick Conry, 31 Days Before Your CompTIA A+ Exams, page 13:
    • The LCACs role makes good communications a mission-critical feature. 1996, Tom Clancy, Marine: A Guided Tour of a Marine Expeditionary Unit, page 189:

Forms

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most mission-critical Degree=Sup lexicographic
more mission-critical Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Translations (2)

sv verksamhetskritisk (vital to the operations of a system as a whole) · sv affärskritisk (vital to the operations of a system as a whole)