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In document ISO/CD 10303-226, a fault is defined as an abnormal condition or defect at the component, equipment, or sub-system level which may lead to a failure. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States of America, inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ...

According to the Federal Standard 1037C of the United States, the term fault has the following meanings: Federal Standard 1037C, entitled Telecommunications: Glossary of Telecommunication Terms is a United States Federal Standard, issued by the General Services Administration pursuant to the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended. ...

1. An accidental condition that causes a functional unit to fail to perform its required function.
2. A defect that causes a reproducible or catastrophic malfunction. A malfunction is considered reproducible if it occurs consistently under the same circumstances.
3. In power systems, an unintentional short-circuit, or partial short-circuit, between energized conductors or between an energized conductor and ground. A distinction can be made between symmetric and asymmetric faults.

Failures in hardware can be caused by random faults or systematic faults, but failures in software are always systematic. In computer engineering, an execution unit is a part of a CPU that performs the operations and calculations called for by the program. ... For delivered electrical power, see Electrical power industry. ... Short Circuit was a 1986 comedy sci-fi film starring Ally Sheedy and Steve Guttenberg and directed by John Badham. ... In science and engineering, conductors are materials that contain movable charges of electricity. ... It has been suggested that Ground conductor be merged into this article or section. ... In power engineering, specifically three phase power, a symmetric or balanced fault is a fault which affects each of the three phases equally. ... In power engineering, specifically three phase power, an asymmetric or unbalanced fault is a fault which does not affect each of the three phases equally. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... Systematic faults are often a result of an error in the specification of the equipment and therefore affect all examples of that type. ...

See also

• Computer bug
• Defect
• Anomaly in software