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Language:enStatus: Standard
Term: fault, <of an item>
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Definition: inability to perform as required, due to an internal state

Note 1 to entry: A fault of an item results from a failure, either of the item itself, or from a deficiency in an earlier stage of the life cycle, such as specification, design, manufacture or maintenance. See latent fault (192-04-08).

Note 2 to entry: Qualifiers, such as specification, design, manufacture, maintenance or misuse, may be used to indicate the cause of a fault.

Note 3 to entry: The type of fault may be associated with the type of associated failure, e.g. wear-out fault and wear-out failure.

Note 4 to entry: The adjective “faulty” designates an item having one or more faults.


Publication date:2015-02
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