Improving Product Reliability and Software Quality, 2nd Edition

Glossary

ALT	Accelerated life testing is a test designed to identify unintended early life wearout mechanisms.
AGC	Automatic gain control is a closed feedback loop that is used to regulate or control a signal level.
API	Application program interface is code that allows two software programs to communicate with each other.
AQL	Acceptable quality level is used to define what the lowest acceptable quality level is for a process.
ARG	Accelerated reliability growth is a process to accelerate product reliability growth rate.
ASIC	Application‐specific integrated circuit is a custom‐designed integrated circuit for an application specific use.
ATE	Automated test equipment is an automated test designed to perform device testing and evaluate/diagnose results to identify defective material.
Bathtub curve	A set of three curves that combine to illustrate the likely product failure rate, namely: “infant mortality (having a decreasing failure rate),” “random or constant failure rate,” and “wearout (having an increasing failure rate).”
Benchmarking	The process of comparing the performance of something (e.g. process, technology, etc.) against a standard or against other equivalent objects.
BOM	Bill of materials is a list of material required for to build a product.
CDU	Coolant distribution unit is a cooling unit designed with a separate cooling loop that uses water to remove heat from a heat exchanger.

CFF	Conductive filament formation is an electrochemical ...