Timing failure

Timing failure is a failure in a time related process in machinery or computing. This can be where timing failures refer to "a situation where the environment in which a system operates does not behave as expected regarding the timing assumptions, that is, the timing constraints are not met." ^[1]

Computing

In computing, it refers to a timing failure or error in process, or part of a process, in a synchronous distributed system or real-time system to meet limits set on execution time, message delivery, clock drift rate, or clock skew. ^{[2] [3] [4]} Asynchronous distributed systems cannot be said to have timing failures as guarantees are not provided for response times.

Machinery

In engineering and mechanics a timing failure typically refers to an issue with the timing belt of an engine. ^{[5] [6]}

References

1. Taubenfeld, G. (2006). "Computing in the Presence of Timing Failures" (PDF). 26th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS'06). IEEE. p. 16–16. doi: 10.1109/icdcs.2006.21 . ISBN   0-7695-2540-7 . Retrieved 2025-04-11.
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6. "SKF". SKF. Retrieved 2025-04-11.