Endnotes

  1. Defined as the smallest stand-alone component that produces a definable output from a definable input. The unit may be hardware or software. In the case of hardware, power can be external (i.e., a separate unit).

  1. Loads are stresses placed upon a system. Loads are those stresses in units typical for the product such as pounds, watts, ergs, number of subsystems, number of users, number of executions per second, I/O rates, number of queries per second, etc.

  1. The System Effectiveness factors refer to Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, Supportability (including Logistics), Susceptibility, Producibility, Human Engineering, Safety, and Security.

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