Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The state or quality of being reliable; reliableness.
Wiktionary
- n. The quality of being reliable, dependable, or trustworthy.
- n. The quality of a measurement indicating the degree to which the measure is consistent, that is, repeated measurements would give the same result (See validity).
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The state or quality of being reliable; reliableness.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the quality of being dependable or reliable
Examples
“Lenovo: riding on the Thinkpad brand, initial build feels good but long-term reliability is low.”
Laptop-Reliability Study Highlights The Most Sturdy Laptop Makers | Lifehacker Australia
“We held what we called reliability summits around the country saying, one, we and America were a superpower, but we have a third world grid that needs to be modernized, that is antiquated.”
“So, the animal studies were done in detail, and the information obtained from the animal studies was then submitted to the FDA along with what we call reliability studies from Abiomed that everybody is quite familiar by now that looked at the durability of the device.”
“(See how all car brands rank in reliability, available to online subscribers.)”
“Predicted reliability is Consumer Reports 'forecast of how well models currently on sale are likely to hold up.”
“One example of that is the Toyota Yaris, which scored the highest in reliability for Toyota, but scores too low in our testing to be recommended.”
Consumer Reports: 2010 Annual Auto Reliability Survey: Best and worst vehicles by brand
“Their specified design reliability is 98%, a value typical of that demonstrated by the best expendable vehicles.”
“Logically, therefore, launch system reliability is treated by all parties as a priority of the highest order, irrespective of the nature of the payload, manned or unmanned.”
“Note about the alleged new "supercomputers": all the fancy & supposedly safer hardware isn't worth much if the newfangled COTS based software & computer systems safety & reliability is uncertain & unproven. common sense”
“I don't have a background in reliability engineering or statistics ... so could somebody, in the most elementary of terms, explain this chart to me?”
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