Common term for the curve (resembling an end-to-end section of one of those claw-footed antique bathtubs) that describes theexpected 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}. [ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Jargon File">Jargon File]
