bathtub curve
Common term for the curve (resembling an end-to-end section of one of those
claw-footed antique bathtubs) that describes the expected failure rate of
electronics with time: initially high, dropping to near 0 for most of the
system's lifetime, then rising again as it "tires out". See also burn-in period,
infant mortality.
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