disturbance, interruption, failure, technical malfunction
[noun]
[de sto-ring, de sto-ring-en]

The verb "storen" translates to "to disturb/intrude/interrupt/interfere" and is used in both a technical and non-technical context. The noun "storing" however is mostly used in its translation of "technical failure/malfunction".

Examples:
- "Wereldwijde storing treft Gmail." 
("Gmail hit by worldwide breakdown.")

- "Vanwege een seinstoring is er geen treinverkeer mogelijk tussen Amsterdam en Den Haag." 
("Due to signal failure there are no trains between Amsterdam and The Hague." Lit.: "there is no train traffic between …")

- "Er is een storing op Schiphol, je kunt op dit moment niet inchecken." 
("There is a service interruption at Schiphol airport, you cannot check in at the moment.")

Related words:
- Onderbreking: disruption [noun] [de onderbreking, de onderbrekingen].
- Buiten dienst/werking: out of service/order.
- Storen: to interrupt/interfere/disturb [verb] [stoorde, gestoord].
- Gestoord: defective, mentaly disturbed [adjective].