初しょ期き故こ障しょう

noun

initial failure; early failure; infant mortality failure

Technical term used in reliability engineering and computing for failures that occur shortly after a product or system is put into operation.

• 初しょ期き故こ障しょうは、製せい造ぞう上じょうの欠けっ陥かんが原げん因いんであることが多おおい。

  Initial failures are often caused by manufacturing defects.

• この装そう置ちの初しょ期き故こ障しょう率りつは非ひ常じょうに低ひくい。

  The initial failure rate of this device is very low.