# Partial Availability

> The condition in which a system continues serving a subset of its functions while some components are unavailable.

Record: `lexicon:partial-availability`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Correctness Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/correctness-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-partial-availability

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Ordering](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/ordering.md) and before [Performance](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/performance.md).

## Category

- [Quality Attributes](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/quality-attributes.md)

## Enabled by

- [Graceful Degradation](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/graceful-degradation.md)
- [Fallback Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/fallback-pattern.md)

## Linked from

- [Error Handling / Resilience](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-error-handling-resilience.md)