dependability

Measure of a system's ability to keep its functionality (may include availability, reliability, maintainability, maintenance support performance, and, in some cases, other associated characteristics)

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Also known as reliability · RAMS

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In systems engineering, dependability is a measure of a system's availability, reliability, maintainability, and in some cases, other characteristics such as durability, safety and security. In real-time computing, dependability is the ability to provide services that can be trusted within a time-period. The service guarantees must hold even when the system is subject to attacks or natural failures.

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13 statements · 31% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Members / parts: availability
reliability
maintainability
durability nature of statement: often
safety nature of statement: often
security nature of statement: often
Partially coincident with: reliability, availability, maintainability and safety

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