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System integrity in small real-time computer systems

Published: 04 June 1973 Publication History

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Reliability has been a long-standing concern to the user of small real-time computer systems. Traditionally, reliability has been measured by parameters such as mean-time-between-failure (MTBF) and is usually associated with the failure of a hardware component in the system. But there are many other causes of errors in a computer system: a minute particle of dirt may become momentarily lodged on a magnetic recording media, a transient pulse may be induced in a logic circuit by a line transient or a lightning strike, or an algorithm for a calculation may result in an invalid address. The errors caused by these phenomena can be just as serious, and can have similarly grave consequences, as those caused by actual component failure.

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AFIPS '73: Proceedings of the June 4-8, 1973, national computer conference and exposition
June 1973
936 pages
ISBN:9781450379168
DOI:10.1145/1499586
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Published: 04 June 1973

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  • (2017)Smart Grid, Internet of Things and Fog ComputingArchitectural Transformations in Network Services and Distributed Systems10.1007/978-3-658-14842-3_5(135-210)Online publication date: 24-Mar-2017
  • (1974)The multipurpose batch station (MBS) systemProceedings of the May 6-10, 1974, national computer conference and exposition10.1145/1500175.1500268(447-451)Online publication date: 6-May-1974

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