nines
n.— «What level of reliability do you want to design into the satellite, and verify via ground testing? 99%? Or three nines? Or four?» —“Re: German conference highlights doubts about ESA’s manned space plans” by Kieran A. Carroll Usenet: sci.space Mar. 12, 1991. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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