DocumentCode
1360982
Title
How computers fail
Author
Stiffler, J.J. ; Mosteller, W.
Volume
18
Issue
10
fYear
1981
Firstpage
44
Lastpage
44
Abstract
Modern computers employ complex hardware, firmware and software techniques to guard against intermittent or continuous failures. The authors discuss both the vulnerability of computers and the elusiveness of software.
Keywords
fault tolerant computing; computer failure prevention; elusiveness of software; fault tolerant computers; firmware techniques; hardware techniques; software techniques; vulnerability of computers; Computers; Hardware; Monitoring; Reliability; Software; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Spectrum, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9235
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MSPEC.1981.6369633
Filename
6369633
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