A request-response operation can define a request message, a response message, and any number of fault messages.

请求-响应操作可以定义一条请求消息、一条响应消息和任意数量的错误消息。

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XML happily permits a number of errors that, although not sufficiently grave to cause a software fault, nevertheless impede smooth reading.

XML允许许多问题存在，这些问题尽管不足以导致软件故障，但会影响流畅的阅读。

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Replication offers a number of potential benefits, including availability, fault-tolerance, and scalability.

复制提供了一些可能的好处，包括可用性、容错和伸缩性。

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He said that if this was not forthcoming, that would suggest the structure of the UK banking sector, with its small number of giant providers, was at fault and that a referral to the Competition Commission would be one way of investigating this.

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The public battle started when a number of big British supermarket groups stated flatly that any systematic fault was as unacceptable in wine as it was in any other product.

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It's hard to say who the guilty party really is -- with the number of accusations flying around, it's possible everyone is at fault somehow.

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