reliability definition

reliability

Ability of an equipment, machine, or system to consistently perform its intended or required function or mission, on demand and without degradation or failure.

Probability of failure-free performance over an item's useful life, or a specified timeframe, under specified environmental and duty-cycle conditions. Often expressed as mean time between failures (MTBF) or reliability coefficient. Also called quality over time. See also availability.

Consistency and validity of test results determined through statistical methods after repeated trials.

reliability is in the Quality Control & Management subject.

reliability appears in the definitions of the following terms: availability, objectivity, acid test, inferential statistics, design specification, Mullen burst test, reliability engineering, system engineering, scalable, equipment performance data and

reliability appears in the other terms: coefficient of reliability, numeric reliability, delivery reliability, reliability coefficient, software reliability, reliability, availability, maintainability (RAM), inherent reliability, test reliability

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