safety-critical system

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safety-critical system - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  safety-critical system
  
     A computer, electronic or electromechanical system whose
     failure may cause injury or death to human beings.  E.g. an
     aircraft or nuclear power station control system.  Common
     tools used in the design of safety-critical systems are
     redundancy and formal methods.
  
     See also aeroplane rule.