# What is maintenance?

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**Category:** Interview Q & A\
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**Created:** [November 21, 2017, 7:59pm UTC](https://forumautomation.com/t/what-is-maintenance/2694 "2017-11-21T19:59:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 7:59pm UTC](https://forumautomation.com/t/what-is-maintenance/2694/1 "2017-11-21T19:59:11Z")

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Maintenance refers to all measures regarding the preservation and re-establishing of the setpoint status and the determining and evaluation of the actual state of technical resources of the system.

The process of maintenance is divided into three areas,

- Service

- Inspection

- Repair

 ![maintainence](https://cdn.forumautomation.com/original/2X/1/1233c0f5465e6d4402fbd7455bc770e5155c4b06.png)