CSA Q631 : 0

Technical Committee on Reliability, Availability and
Maintainability
Preface
1 Scope
2 Introduction
   2.1 General remarks
   2.2 Arrangement of terms
   2.3 Explanatory information
3 Reference publications
4 General terms
   4.1 Item; Entity
   4.2 Measure (as applied in the probabilistic
        treatment of reliability and related areas)
   4.3 Non repaired item
5 Events and states
   5.1 Failures
   5.2 Faults
   5.3 Errors
   5.4 States of an item
6 Ability concepts
   6.1 Durability
   6.2 Availability performance
   6.3 Reliability performance
   6.4 Maintainability performance
   6.5 Maintenance support performance
   6.6 Dependability
7 Time Periods Related to Ability Measures
   7.1 Time periods related to reliability measures
   7.2 Time periods related to availability measures
   7.3 Time periods related to maintainability measures
   7.4 Time periods related to maintenance support measures
8 Ability measures
   8.1 Reliability performance measures
   8.2 Availability performance measures
   8.3 Maintainability performance measures
   8.4 Maintenance support measures
9 Other Time-Related Terms
   9.1 Useful life
   9.2 Early failure period
   9.3 Constant failure intensity period
   9.4 Constant failure rate period
   9.5 Wearout failure period
   9.6 Standby time
   9.7 Idle time
10 Design-influencing factors
   10.1 Design concept terms
   10.2 Maintenance-related terms
   10.3 Design analysis terms
   10.4 Improvement processes
11 Test concepts
   11.1 Test
   11.2 Compliance test
   11.3 Determination test
   11.4 Screening test; Soak test
   11.5 Endurance test
   11.6 Accelerated test
   11.7 Censored test
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Appendices
A - Definition of modifiers and related terms
B - Cross references

Lists terms and basic definitions intended mainly for the description of reliability, availability, maintainability, and maintenance support aspects of items.