1. Is the condition of a unit concerning their suitability to fulfill during or after a given time intervals with given application conditions the reliability requirements. [3]
2. A recapitulatory expression for the description of the availability and its factors of influence operability, maintainability and maintenance readiness; dependability is used only for general descriptions in not-quantitative sense. [4]
3. The collective term used to describe the availability performance and its influencing factors: reliability performance, maintainability performance and maintenance support performance Dependability is used only for general descriptions in non-quantitative terms. [7]
4. The ability to deliver service that can justifiably be trusted. [2]
Sources
2. Avizienis2001 Algirdas Avizienis, Jean-Claude Laprie, Brian Randell: Fundamental Concepts of Dependability. UCLA CSD Report no. 010028, 2001.
3. DIN1990 DIN 40041: 1990-12: Zuverlässigkeit – Begriffe. Beuth Verlag Berlin, 1990.
4. DIN2000 DIN EN ISO 9000:2000-12: Qualitätsmanagementsysteme – Grundlagen und Begriffe. Beuth Verlag Berlin, 2000.
7. IEV2001 Internationales Elektrotechnisches Wörterbuch. Beuth Verlag Berlin 2001
