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Maintenance vs Troubleshooting - What's the difference?

maintenance | troubleshooting |

As nouns the difference between maintenance and troubleshooting

is that maintenance is actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service while troubleshooting is the identification and resolution of problems, especially problems of a technical nature.

As a verb troubleshooting is

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maintenance

English

(wikipedia maintenance)

Alternative forms

* maintenaunce

Noun

(en noun)
  • Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service
  • (legal) A tort committed when a third party who does not have a bona fide interest in a lawsuit provides help or acquires an interest to a litigant's lawsuit.
  • (legal) (UK English) Alimony, a periodical payment or a lump sum made or ordered to be made to a spouse after a divorce.
  • Money required or spent to provide for the needs of a person or a family.

    • Related terms

    * maintain

    See also

    * high-maintenance * low-maintenance * maintenance-free * maintenance window

    External links

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    troubleshooting

    English

    (wikipedia troubleshooting)

    Noun

    (-)
  • The identification and resolution of problems, especially problems of a technical nature.
    • When it comes to computer problems, his troubleshooting is first-rate.

    Verb

    (head)

    • References

    * * "troubleshooting" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007)