bathtub curve

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bathtub curve - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  bathtub curve
  
     Common term for the curve (resembling an end-to-end section of
     one of those claw-footed antique bathtubs) that describes the
     expected failure rate of electronics with time: initially
     high, dropping to near 0 for most of the system's lifetime,
     then rising again as it "tires out".  See also burn-in period
     , infant mortality.
  
     [Jargon File]
  

bathtub curve - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  bathtub curve
   n.
  
     Common term for the curve (resembling an end-to-end section of one of
     those claw-footed antique bathtubs) that describes the expected
     failure rate of electronics with time: initially high, dropping to
     near 0 for most of the system's lifetime, then rising again as it
     `tires out'. See also burn-in period, infant mortality.