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English version of VDA dictionary
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Data integrityData protection from an inadmissible change or access. |
Data, quality significantQuality significant data are data (or information) originating within a quality management system or entering a quality management system. |
DeadlockDeadlock means that a programme is locked from further operation because two or more separate processes are queuing for action of another process. |
DefectNon-fulfillment of a requirement related to an intended or specified use. |
Delphi methodForecasting method based on existing expert knowledge being performed through multilevel questioning, assessment and summarising. At a sensible selection of experts, it ensures qualitatively valuable results. |
DemonstrationActivity used to demonstrate by means of documents that an attained performance (of a product or service) meets specified requirements. Reference to a VDA publication (if the definition is specific to a particular publication, different from it, or complementary to an applicable standard): VDA volume 1. |
DependabilityCollective term used to describe the availability performance and its influencing factors: reliability performance, maintainability performance, and maintenance support performance. |
Description of a defect from customer's perspectiveSymptomatic deviation description. Typically, the customer describes obvious symptoms of a defect, e.g. “CD cannot be ejected”. |
Description of a defect from supplier's perspectiveAnalytical qualified description, failure appearance, and mode of failure. The supplier describes the product defect, e.g. “a cogwheel of the CD ejecting mechanism is broken”. |
Development environmentSet of tools that support development processes (key processes). Among other things, it covers planning tools, design tools, simulators and generators, and configuration tools. |