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Quote: a common mistake is to put too much confidence in software; design errors are hard to find and eliminate
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A common mistake in engineering, in [the Therac-25] and many others, is to put too much confidence in … to complacency and over reliance on computerized functions. … software design errors are much harder [than hardware errors] to find and eliminate. Furthermore, hardware failure modes are generally … from the Therac-25 accidents is not to remove … Google-1 Google-2
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Quote: hardware failure modes are more limited than software failures, so hardware interlocks should still be used
Topic: preventing accidental errors (36 items)
Topic: safety critical systems (32 items)
Topic: consistency testing (60 items)