Failure
Failure: The inability of a system or component to perform its required functions within specified performance requirements.
Definition
The inability of a system or component to perform its required functions within specified performance requirements.
Alternative Definitions
- Definition 2
Looking at voting system reliability, a failure is an event that results in:
- Definition 3
Definition: The inability of a system or component to perform its required functions within specified performance requirements. (From: NCSD Glossary) (NICCS)
- Definition 4
An “event that results in (a) loss of one or more functions, (b) degradation of performance such that the device is unable to perform its in tended function for longer than 10 seconds, (c) automatic reset, restart or reboot of the vo ting device, operating system or application software, (d) a requirement for an unanticipat ed intervention by a person in the role of POLL WORKER or technician before the test can continue, or (e) error messages and/or AUDIT LOG entries indicating that a failure has occurre d. … In plain language, failures are equipment breakdowns, including software crashes, such that continued use without service or replacement is worrisome to impossible. No rmal, routine occurrences like running out of paper are not considered failures.” 2007 VVSG.