Bathtub Curve N.
Common Term For The Curve (resembling An
End-to-end Section Of One Of Those Claw-footed Antique Bathtubs)
That Describes The Expected Failure Rate Of Electronics With Time
Common term for the curve (resembling an
end-to-end section of one of those claw-footed antique bathtubs)
that describes the expected failure rate of electronics with time:
initially high, dropping to near 0 for most of the system's
lifetime, then rising again as it `tires out'. See also
burn-in period, infant mortality.
infant mortality n.
It is common lore among hackers (and in
the electronics industry at large his term is possibly techspeak
by now) that the chances of sudden hardware failure drop off
exponentially with a machine's time since first use (that is, until
the relatively distant time at which enough mechanical wear in I/O
devices and thermal-cycling stress in components has accumulated
for the machine to start going senile)....
infant mortality: n. It is common lore among hackers (and in the
electronics industry at large his term is possibly techspeak by
now) that the chances of sudden hardware failure drop off
exponentially with a machine's time since first use (that is, until
the relatively distant time at which enough mechanical wear in I/O
devices and thermal-cycling stress in components has accumulated
for the machine to start going senile)....
