“What if it failed silently?”
Fail silently is a computing expression for a failure without an error message or warning. Frank suspects that autosave might have failed in the background even though the display said it was on.
B1-05 / CEFR B1 / EPISODE 05
Explaining how a technical problem developed
SceneA file Frank worked on for weeks is corrupted. He has called tech support. He has also prepared notes.

WORDS & CONTEXT
Fail silently is a computing expression for a failure without an error message or warning. Frank suspects that autosave might have failed in the background even though the display said it was on.