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Reliability, availability, maintainability and safety
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Engineering/RFVg8H3I">engineering</a>, reliability, availability, maintainability and safety (RAMS) is used to characterize a product or system: </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Reliability_engineering/cd6AS5w3">Reliability</a>: Ability to perform a specific function and may be given as design reliability or operational reliability</li> <li><a href="/facts/Availability/l8SGSyyf">Availability</a>: Ability to keep a functioning state in the given environment</li> <li><a href="/facts/Maintainability/SmyLaINQ">Maintainability</a>: Ability to be timely and easily maintained (including servicing, inspection and check, repair and/or modification)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Safety/jyH5HLSg">Safety</a>: Ability not to harm people, the environment, or any assets during a whole <a href="/facts/Product_lifecycle/G3U6gtBv">life cycle</a>.</li></ul>