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The most significant attributes of a computer in the context of fault tolerance are reliability and availability. Reliability deals with continuity of service, and availability deals with readiness of usage.
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Baumann, J. (2000). Appendix B. Introduction to Fault Tolerance. In: Mobile Agents: Control Algorithms. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1658. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/10704127_10
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