Preface: Reliable and Fault-Tolerant Computing

THIS is the eighth Special Issue on this subject published by the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTERS. The title of this Special Issue now includes the word reliable to better reflect a broader perception of the field as expressed in the Chinese subtitle of the 10th International Symposium on Fault-Tolerant Computing (FTCS) held in Kyoto, Japan two years ago. It says: —to make (electronic computers) reliable. Computers and digital control systems are relied upon in more and more avenues of our life, and naturally more is demanded of these machines´ ability to perform accurately and adequately under a wide range of disturbances. There have been hundreds of published works and the research and development effort in this important area will continue to attract a large number of participants.