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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.
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