failure mode
specific manner or way by which a failure occurs, involving the part, component, function, equipment, subsystem, or system under investigation
accident
unforeseen event that causes damage to a person or property
automation bias
propensity for humans to favor suggestions from automated decision-making systems and to ignore contradictory information made without automation
stress
organism's response to a stressor such as an environmental condition or a stimulus
tragedy of the commons
self-interests causing depletion of a shared resource
brownout
drop in voltage in an electrical power supply system
human error
action with unintended consequences, that is often the primary cause or contributing factor in disasters and accidents
natural disaster
major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth, which may cause loss of life or property
malnutrition
medical condition that results from eating too little, too much, or the wrong nutrients
infection
invasion of and multiplication in a host by disease-causing pathogens or organisms, and the reaction of host tissues
ageing
biological processes in a human body coupled to increasing age
software bug
error, flaw, failure or fault in a computer program/system that produces an incorrect or unexpected result or causes it to behave in unintended ways
medical error
preventable adverse effect of medical care, whether evident or harmful to the patient or not
civil disorder
forms of unrest arising from a mass act of civil disobedience in which the participants become hostile toward authority, and authorities incur difficulties in maintaining public safety and order, over the disorderly crowd
fault current
abnormal electric current
power outage
short- or long-term loss of the electric power to an area
political polarization
divergence of political attitudes to ideological extremes
resource depletion
depletion of natural organic and inorganic resources
fuel starvation
problem affecting internal combustion engines
bottleneck
limitation point of a production process
structural failure
engineering event in which the structural integrity of a construction is compromised by failure of components of the structure
scope creep
continuous or uncontrolled growth in a project's scope, at any point after the project begins
malpractice
instance of negligence or incompetence on the part of a professional, who may become subjected to malpractice actions
market failure
situation in which the allocation of goods and services by a free market is not efficient and can be improved upon from the societal point of view, often leading to a net loss of economic value
failure of imagination
circumstance wherein something seemingly predictable (particularly from hindsight) and undesirable was not planned for
misinformation
incorrect information with or without an intention to deceive
government failure
economic inefficiency caused by a government intervention, if the inefficiency would not exist in a true free market
failure cause
defects in design, process, quality, or part application, which are the underlying cause of a failure or which initiate a process which leads to failure
cascading failure
process in a system of interconnected parts in which the failure of one or few parts can trigger the failure of other parts and so on
electronic component failure mode
a way electronic elements can fail or degrade