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This document is aimed at giving informal but precise definitions characterizing the various attributes of computing systems dependability. It is a contribution to the work undertaken within the “Reliable and Fault Tolerant Computing” scientific and technical community [Avi 67, Jes 77, Mel 77, Avi 78, Ran 78, Car 79, And 81, FTC 82, Sie 82, Cri 85a, Lap 85, Avi 86, Lap 89] in order to propose clear and widely acceptable definitions for some basic concepts.
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Laprie, J.C. (1992). Dependability: Basic Concepts and Terminology. In: Laprie, J.C. (eds) Dependability: Basic Concepts and Terminology. Dependable Computing and Fault-Tolerant Systems, vol 5. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-9170-5_1
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