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}. [Jargon File]

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