Abstract
There are a number of documents in the USA, United Kingdom and Canada which either include a list of definitions or which are specially written in the form of definition standards. It matters less which of these documents you may wish to examine and compare: of all terms defined, about 60 per cent of the definitions in one differ from those in the next one. The differences in definitions may be minor (a single word added or left out or altered), but the meaning of the definition may vary considerably from one case to the next. You may say that our standard dictionaries, Webster, Oxford, etc., should be used as the basis for any definition that no question of interpretation will arise. Unfortunately such standards are not geared to the technical jargon which prevails among groups such as the reliability engineer. Even technical dictionaries are unable to keep abreast with the ever-changing science of reliability. Because reliability engineering covers such a wide field, it is not surprising that each group of engineers wishes to express the terms in the most suitable form to fit his specialized requirement. For example, a reliability engineer concerned with development will want to model his definitions to meet his particular needs. Another reliability engineer concerned with logistics will try to define the same term differently so that it relates to his peculiar operation. Standardization is therefore subjective to the individual need of the various specialists in the field of reliability.
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