failure-mode

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• cms83ire500qfh6s8aeqyay3j← DEPENDS_ON

  Fault tree analysis depends on failure-mode: remove failure-modes from the picture and fault-tree has no content to analyze — it cannot operate without identifying how things can fail first. The removal test is clear: X (fault-tree) stops operating when Y (failure-mode) is removed. Direction: fault-tree → failure-mode (specific method needs its building blocks).

• cms83xe5u00s0h6s88lc8rrb4← DEPENDS_ON

  A risk-register depends on failure-mode: remove failure-modes and the risk-register loses its primary subject matter — it cannot function as a ledger of risks without the concept of how things can fail. Per the removal test (Law 8), X (risk-register) stops operating when Y (failure-mode) is removed.

• cmsivlvjw019vnobppdslp0pi← INSTANCE_OF

  A single-point-of-failure is a specific kind of failure mode: the mode where one component's failure causes system-wide failure. Per Law 9, X is a specific kind of Y maps to INSTANCE_OF. A competent speaker would call a single-point-of-failure a failure mode.

• cmsixcd4601g4nobpm595aipd← INSTANCE_OF

  Common-cause-failure is a specific kind of failure mode: the mode where a single root cause triggers cascading failures across multiple components or redundant systems. A competent speaker would call it 'a failure mode' — specifically, one where redundancy is defeated by shared causation. Per Law 9, specific→general maps to INSTANCE_OF.

• cmsbb9y7h00ou3vv3nrv0kuls← INSTANCE_OF

  A safety bottleneck is a specific kind of failure mode: when the safety system itself becomes a limitation that prevents the overall system from operating as designed. Per Law 9, a competent speaker would call it 'a failure mode' — the mode where safety constraints fail to enable operation.

• cmsiuuvf50182nobpm5znx4ae← INSTANCE_OF

  blast-radius is a specific kind of failure-mode: it describes the specific pattern of damage scope that results when a single component fails. A competent speaker would call it 'a failure mode' — one that limits damage to a bounded region.

• cmsndqjk803n71q13cwal1k13← INSTANCE_OF

  Test: INSTANCE_OF (specific→general, Law 9). A hallucination is a specific kind of failure mode — one where a generative model produces outputs that are confident but ungrounded. A competent ML practitioner would call a hallucination 'a failure mode' of a model. The nearest kind is failure-mode, not a more abstract category.

• buffer-underrun← INSTANCE_OF

  Buffer-underrun is a specific kind of failure-mode in digital audio playback systems, characterized by buffer exhaustion leading to audible dropout.

• audio-dropout← INSTANCE_OF

  Audio-dropout is a specific kind of failure-mode in digital audio playback, characterized by audible gaps or silence due to data loss or processing interruption. A competent engineer would call an audio dropout a failure mode of the audio system.