In fact, he said, it was the control room that told the computer staff the systems were malfunctioning.

Investigation of the satellite warning system later confirmed that the system had malfunctioned.

The crew indicated that the central hydraulic system had malfunctioned.

In 2009, the system malfunctioned, allowing children access to violent TV shows and films.

An indication that is evident to an operator when the system has malfunctioned or failed.

But their discussion soon turned to whether the central bank's system of spotting incipient wage and price pressures might be malfunctioning.

Another question they might ask is whether some system critical for maneuvering the craft malfunctioned and never recovered.

At that point, the sound system malfunctioned momentarily.

But the systems of that time were unreliable and often malfunctioned because of electronic interference.

If that was the case, then the system would be continually malfunctioning.