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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>bathtub curve</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="previous" href="batch.html" title="batch"/><link rel="next" href="Batman-factor.html" title="Batman factor"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">bathtub curve</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="batch.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Batman-factor.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="bathtub-curve"/><dt xmlns="" id="bathtub-curve"><b>bathtub curve</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Common term for the curve (resembling an end-to-end section of one
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of those claw-footed antique bathtubs) that describes the expected failure
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rate of electronics with time: initially high, dropping to near 0 for most
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of the system's lifetime, then rising again as it ‘tires out’.
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See also <a href="burn-in-period.html"><i class="glossterm">burn-in period</i></a>,
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