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This appendix defines and comments on the terms most commonly used in reliability engineering (Fig. AI.I). Table 5.4 (p.160) extends this appendix to software quality (see also [Al5 (610)] . Attention has been paid to the adherence to relevant international standards [Al1 - A.l.7] and recent trends (respecting coherence).

*Ingénieur et penseur, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Reliability Eng. at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich

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