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The main concept of this book is reliability as defined in Definition 1.1. The aim of this section is to discuss and clarify this definition and to define related terms, such as maintainability and maintenance, availability, quality, and dependability.

It is important that all main words are defined in an unambiguous way. We fully agree with Kaplan (1990) who states: “When the words are used sloppily, concepts become fuzzy, thinking is muddled, communication is ambiguous, and decisions and actions are suboptimal.”