# Graceful degradation

> Degrading "gracefully" when some features cannot be provided smoothly—for example, because a user's browser or hardware lacks the latest capabilities or because of a network failure. Rather than stopping completely, software limits only the affected features and lets users continue using the rest.

Degrading "gracefully" when some features cannot be provided smoothly—for example, because a user's browser or hardware lacks the latest capabilities or because of a network failure. Rather than stopping completely, software limits only the affected features and lets users continue using the rest.

## See also

- [Progressive enhancement](https://wiki.g15e.com/pages/Progressive%20enhancement.txt): The opposite of graceful degradation.