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intermittent fault [2 records]

Record 1 2019-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Testing and Debugging
CONT

A transient fault that becomes active periodically is an intermittent fault.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Test et débogage
DEF

Faute temporaire interne [...] dont les conditions d'activation ne peuvent être reproduites ou qui se manifeste suffisamment rarement. [Définition reproduite avec l'autorisation de l'AFNOR.]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Prueba y depuración
DEF

Fallo esporádico de un equipo por el que no se consigue de manera continua el pleno rendimiento del funcionamiento.

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Record 2 2012-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Software
DEF

An error that occurs sporadically and that may not appear on successive attempts to read data.

OBS

intermittent: not continuously present; disappearing and reappearing, such as an intermittent error or fault.

OBS

soft error; transient error: terms standardized by CSA and ISO.

Key term(s)
  • intermittent fault

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logiciels
DEF

Erreur impromptue qui peut ne pas réapparaître lors d'une nouvelle lecture de données.

OBS

erreur intermittente : terme normalisé par la CSA et l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Soporte lógico (Software)
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