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Burn In

Accelerated short term test where a component or design is subject to higher than any typical stress to weed out failures, (sometimes cause by external failures) Also referred to as finding the infant mortality rate.

Not to be confused with ALT, (accelerated life test) Also see Bathtub curve.

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