failure rate
How often breakdowns
Failure rate measures how often something fails within a given period or number of attempts.
In engineering and manufacturing, it quantifies reliability: The failure rate for these components is one in ten thousand.
In medicine, it tracks how often treatments or contraceptives don't work.
A high failure rate signals unreliability; a low one suggests dependability.
Resistance to wear
- dependabilityConsistent trustworthy nature
- robustnessResistance to failure
- uptimeContinuous operational period
- longevityDuration of existence
service life · fault tolerance · redundancy · maintainability · stress testing · quality control · lifecycle · infant mortality
Failure to operate properly
- errorFault in communication
- bugCrawling creature or defect
- glitchMinor system fault
- faultImperfection or blame
flaw · deficiency · anomaly · breakdown · rejection · scrap · rework · nonconformance
Proportion out of hundred
- ratioComparative numerical relation
- proportionComparative relation of parts
- incidenceRate of occurrence
- frequencyRate of recurrence
statistic · benchmark · baseline · threshold · average · median · standard · comparison
Productive without waste
- effectivenessSuccess in producing results
- throughputProcessing rate over time
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- productivityOutput relative to input
output · quality · optimization · improvement · degradation · decline · consistency · variability
durability
Resistance to wear
- dependabilityConsistent trustworthy nature
- robustnessResistance to failure
- uptimeContinuous operational period
longevity · service life · fault tolerance · redundancy · maintainability · stress testing · quality control · lifecycle · infant mortality · availability
malfunction
Failure to operate properly
fault · flaw · deficiency · anomaly · breakdown · rejection · scrap · rework · nonconformance · defective
percentage
Proportion out of hundred
- ratioComparative numerical relation
- proportionComparative relation of parts
- incidenceRate of occurrence
frequency · statistic · benchmark · baseline · threshold · average · median · standard · comparison · indicator
efficiency
Productive without waste
- effectivenessSuccess in producing results
- throughputProcessing rate over time
- yieldProduce or relinquish
productivity · output · quality · optimization · improvement · degradation · decline · consistency · variability
- ratesroyalty, per diem, interest rates, exchange rates, percentage
- metricsKPI, metric, KPIs, metrics, statistics
- maintainabilityserviceability, repairability, maintainability, reliability, durability
- Software Metricslines of code, coverage, throughput, response time, velocity
- durabilitytoughness, durable, sturdiness, robustness, sturdy
- percentages100%, 110%, 60 percent, 75 percent, 100 percent
failure ratepass rate
Percentage achieving threshold
completion rate · survival rate · win rate · hit rate · cure rate
failure rateuptime
Continuous operational period
availability · dependability · operational efficiency · system stability · service life
rate, failure, failing, failed, fails, unfailing, infallible, failures, fallible