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Failure rate. The average number of failures of a system, or part of a system, per unit time. (See also mean time between failures.) | Failure rate. The average number of failures of a system, or part of a system, per unit time. (See also mean time between failures.) | ||
Source: Nick Ward, IALA e-Nav committee vicechair, March 2009 | |||
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Revision as of 12:00, 2 January 2009
The unintended termination of the ability of a system, or part of a system, to perform its required function.
Failure rate. The average number of failures of a system, or part of a system, per unit time. (See also mean time between failures.)
Source: Nick Ward, IALA e-Nav committee vicechair, March 2009
