Availability, instantaneous or point

« Back to Glossary Index

Decision Type:

Method Category:

Categories: Terms

The probability that an item will be up and running (functional) at a specific time.

Synonyms:

instantaneous availability, point availability

Availability, mean or average uptime
The proportion of time during a time period (mission duration) that the item is available for use. It is the mean of the instantaneous availability or the duration of interest.

« Back to Glossary Index

About Fred Schenkelberg

I am the reliability expert at FMS Reliability, a reliability engineering and management consulting firm I founded in 2004. I left Hewlett Packard (HP)’s Reliability Team, where I helped create a culture of reliability across the corporation, to assist other organizations.

About Fred Schenkelberg

Leave a Reply Cancel reply