safety-critical system
1Safety instrumented system — A Safety Instrumented System (SIS) is a form of process control usually implemented in industrial processes, such as those of a factory or an oil refinery. The SIS performs specified functions to achieve or maintain a safe state of the process… …
2Life-critical system — A life critical system or safety critical system is a system whose failure or malfunction may result in: death or serious injury to people, or loss or severe damage to equipment or environmental harm. Risks of this sort are usually managed with… …
3Safety life cycle — The safety life cycle is the series of phases from initiation and specifications of safety requirements, covering design and development of safety features in a safety critical system, and ending in decommissioning of that system. The basic… …
4Safety engineering — is an applied science strongly related to systems engineering and the subset System Safety Engineering. Safety engineering assures that a life critical system behaves as needed even when pieces fail.In the real world the term safety engineering… …
5Safety — is the state of being safe (from French sauf ), the condition of being protected against physical, social, spiritual, financial, political, emotional, occupational, psychological, educational or other types or consequences of failure, damage,… …
6Critical Software — S.A. Type Privately held Industry Information Technology Founded 1998 Founder(s) …
7Safety Management Systems — (SMS) is the term used by Transport Canada to refer to a new regulatory and enforcement framework for civil aviation. This new framework puts increased reliance on the aviation industry to cultivate a safety culture and in so doing enhance… …
8System safety — The system safety concept calls for a risk management strategy based on identification, analysis of hazards and application of remedial controls using a systems based approach.cite book|title= System Safety Engineering and… …
9Critical Chain (novel) — Critical Chain   …
10Nuclear reactor safety systems — This article covers the technical aspects of active nuclear safety systems. For a general approach to nuclear safety, see nuclear safety. The three primary objectives of nuclear reactor safety systems as defined by the Nuclear Regulatory… …
