fail fast

== English == === Verb === fail fast (third-person singular simple present fails fast, present participle failing fast, simple past and past participle failed fast) (programming) To report immediately any condition likely to cause a failure, rather than attempting to continue. (business) To fail earlier rather than later, thus minimizing the fallout and allowing for timely redeployment of resources to another business case or business model. ==== Related terms ==== fail-safe failsoft === Further reading === fail fast on Wikipedia.Wikipedia