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The reliability of an item is the probability that it will adequately perform its specified purpose for a specified period of time under specified environmental conditions.
Dr. Lawrence M. Leemis, Department of Mathematics, College of William and Mary, from his textbook titled Reliability: Probabilistic Models and Statistical Methods.