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Glossary of terms<br />

• System: an entity that interacts with other entities, i.e., other systems, including hardware,<br />

software, humans, <strong>and</strong> the physical world with its natural phenomena [4].<br />

• System data: all unprocessed digital data that the target system produces.<br />

• Target System: a system that is subject to fault diagnosis.<br />

• TBCB: a FRU that is used in the power supply example; it needs voltage.<br />

• Technical Drawing: drawings that define the structure of the Philips C/V X-Ray System at<br />

various levels of detail (e.g., of cable- <strong>and</strong> FRU-connections).<br />

• Troubleshooter: a person that diagnoses <strong>and</strong> repairs systems (e.g., a service engineer).<br />

• Weak model: a model that only defines the nominal behavior of the system, <strong>and</strong> does not<br />

state anything about false modes of operation.<br />

• White Box: a model that describes the internally non-observable behavior as well as externally<br />

observable behavior. The behavior of the whole system is defined by the structure <strong>and</strong><br />

the behavior of internal components.<br />

• X-ray: a form of ionising radiation used to image some internal structures of the body.<br />

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