Dictionary of Electrical Engineering

Commonly used terms in the Electrical industry.

fault tolerance
correct execution of a specified function in a circuit (system), provided by redundancy despite faults. The redundancy provides the information needed to negate the effects of faults.
tolerance
(1) the total amount by which a quantity is allowed to vary; thus the tolerance is the algebraic difference between the maximum and minimum limits.

In the design of microwave component, it is important to perform a tolerance analysis in order to ascertain if a given component will also satisfy specifications when taking manufacturing tolerances into account.

(2) the amount of error allowable in an approximation.
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