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  • BS 4778-3.2:1991

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    Quality vocabulary. Availability, reliability and maintainability terms Glossary of international terms - 3.2 glossay of international terms

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  17-12-2002

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Committees responsible
    National foreword
    List of symbols and abbreviations
    Part 1: Dependability: common terms. Sections 01 to 18
    191-01 Fundamental concepts
    191-02 Item related performance
    191-03 Defects (under consideration)
    191-04 Failures
    191-05 Faults, errors and mistakes
    191-06 Item related states
    191-07 Maintenance
    191-08 Maintenance related times
    191-09 Item state related times
    191-10 Reliability performance measure related times
    191-11 Availability performance measures
    191-12 Reliability performance measures
    191-13 Maintainability and maintenance support
            performance measures
    191-14 Test concepts
    191-15 Design concepts
    191-16 Analysis concepts
    191-17 Improvement processes
    191-18 Measure modifiers
    Part 2: Quality of service in telecommunications.
            Sections 19 and 20
    191-19 Service related performance
    191-20 Time concepts related to interruptions
    Index
    National annex NA IEC amendment 1: 1999

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    Includes faults and failures, performance measures, and various processes such as testing, analysis, design and improvement. Also provides a vocabulary of quality of service in telecommunication.

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    Committee DS/1
    Development Note Also numbered as IEC 60050-191 Together with BS 4778-2(1991), BS 4778-3.1(1991) and BS 4778-1(1987), it supersedes BS 4778-2(1979) Supersedes 90/97332 DC (01/2003)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Current
    Supersedes

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    DEFSTAN 00-42(PT3)/1(1999) : 1999 RELIABILITY AND MAINTAINABILITY (R&M) ASSURANCE GUIDANCE - PART 3: R&M CASE
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    03/114995 DC : DRAFT SEP 2003 ISO 17894 - SHIPS AND MARINE TECHNOLOGY - COMPUTER APPLICATIONS - GENERAL PRINCIPLES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF PROGRAMMABLE ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS IN MARINE APPLICATIONS
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    BS 7850-2:1992 Total quality management Guide to quality improvement methods
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    04/30083998 DC : DRAFT MARCH 2004 BS 7000-6 - DESIGN MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS - GUIDE TO MANAGING INCLUSIVE DESIGN
    ISO 17894:2005 Ships and marine technology Computer applications General principles for the development and use of programmable electronic systems in marine applications
    S.R. CR 12804:1997 CONCEPTUAL MODEL AND TAXONOMY FOR INFORMATION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
    BS 5760-13.4:1993 Reliability of systems, equipment and components. Guide to reliability test conditions for consumer equipment Conditions providing a low degree of simulation for equipment for portable and non-stationary use
    BS 6548-6:1995 Maintainability of equipment Guide to statistical methods in maintainability evaluation
    BS DD261(2010) : 2010 HUMAN RELIABILITY - GUIDE TO THE FUNDAMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS
    07/30164294 DC : DRAFT SEP 2007 BS 7000-1 - GUIDE TO MANAGING INNOVATION - PART 1: DESIGN MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
    BS EN ISO 8402:1995 Quality management and quality assurance. Vocabulary
    BS 5760-5:1991 Reliability of systems, equipment and components Guide to failure modes, effects and criticality analysis (FMEA and FMECA)
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    BS 6548-2:1992 Maintainability of equipment Guide to maintainability studies during the design phase
    BS 7000-3:1994 Design management systems Guide to managing service design
    BS 7000-10:1995 Design management systems Glossary of terms used in design management
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    CR 12804 : 1997 CONCEPTUAL MODEL AND TAXONOMY FOR INFORMATION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
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