EN 61508-4:2010

Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems - Part 4: Definitions and abbreviations

IEC 61508-4:2010 contains the definitions and explanation of terms that are used in parts 1 to 7 of the IEC 61508 series of standards. The definitions are grouped under general headings so that related terms can be understood within the context of each other. However, it should be noted that these headings are not intended to add meaning to the definitions. This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 1998. This edition constitutes a technical revision. It has been subject to a thorough review and incorporates many comments received at the various revision stages. It has the status of a basic safety publication according to IEC Guide 104. NEW! Also available:  IEC Standards+ 61508:2010, containing all parts, together with a commented Redline version. Changes made in this 2nd edition are highlighted and commented by a leading world expert.

Funktionale Sicherheit sicherheitsbezogener elektrischer/elektronischer/programmierbarer elektronischer Systeme - Teil 4: Begriffe und Abkürzungen

Sécurité fonctionnelle des systèmes électriques/électroniques/électroniques programmables relatifs à la sécurité - Partie 4: Définitions et abréviations

La CEI 61508-4:2010 contient les définitions et explications des termes utilisés dans les parties 1 à 7 de la série de normes CEI 61508. Les définitions sont regroupées sous des titres généraux de telle sorte que les termes qui sont en rapport puissent être compris dans le contexte des autres. Toutefois, il convient de remarquer que ces titres ne sont pas attribués pour ajouter un sens aux définitions. Cette deuxième édition annule et remplace la première édition publiée en 1998 dont elle constitue une révision technique. Elle a fait l'objet d'une révision approfondie et intègre de nombreux commentaires reçus lors des différentes phases de révision. Elle a le statut d'une publication fondamentale de sécurité conformément au Guide CEI 104.

Funkcijska varnost električnih/elektronskih/elektronsko programirljivih varnostnih sistemov - 4. del: Definicije in kratice (IEC 61508-4:2010)

1.1 Ta del IEC 61508 vsebuje definicije in razlago izrazov, ki se uporabljajo v delih od 1 do 7 serije standardov IEC 61508.
1.2 Definicije so razporejene pod splošnimi naslovi, tako da se povezani izrazi lahko razumejo v kontekstu drug drugega. Opozoriti pa je treba, da naslovi definicijam ne dodajajo pomena.
1.3 IEC 61508-1, IEC 61508-2, IEC 61508-3 in IEC 61508-4 so osnovne varnostne objave, čeprav ta status ne velja v okviru nezapletenih varnostnih sistemov E/E/PE (glej točko 3.4.3 IEC 61508-4). Kot osnovne varnostne objave so namenjeni temu, da jih uporabljajo tehnični odbori pri pripravi standardov v skladu z načeli, opredeljenimi v Vodilu IEC 104 in Vodilu ISO/IEC 51. IEC 61508-1, IEC 61508-2, IEC 61508-3 in IEC 61508-4 se lahko tudi uporabijo kot samostojne objave. Horizontalno varnostno delovanje tega mednarodnega standarda ne velja za medicinsko opremo v skladu s serijo IEC 60601.
1.4 Ena od odgovornosti tehničnega odbora je, če je primerno, da uporabi temeljne varnostne objave pri pripravi svojih objav. V tem okviru zahteve, preskusne metode ali preskusni pogoji te temeljne varnostne objave ne veljajo, razen če se objave, ki so jih pripravili tehnični odbori, nanje izrecno sklicujejo ali jih vključujejo.
1.5 Slika 1 prikazuje celoten okvir serije IEC 61508 in nakazuje vlogo IEC 61508-4 pri doseganju funkcijske varnosti varnostnih sistemov E/E/PE.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 27-May-2010
• Withdrawal Date: 30-Apr-2013
• ICS: 25.040.40 - Industrial process measurement and control
• ICS: 29.020 - Electrical engineering in general
• Technical Committee: CLC/TC 65X - Industrial-process measurement, control and automation
• Drafting Committee: IEC/SC 65A - IEC_SC_65A
• Parallel Committee: IEC/SC 65A - IEC_SC_65A
• Current Stage: 6060 - Document made available - Publishing
• Start Date: 28-May-2010
• Completion Date: 28-May-2010
• Ref Project: SIST EN 61508-4:2011 - Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems - Part 4: Definitions and abbreviations (IEC 61508-4:2010)

Relations

• Replaces: EN 61508-4:2001 - Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems - Part 4: Definitions and abbreviations
• Effective Date: 28-Jan-2023

Standards Content (Sample)

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Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems
- Part 4: Definitions and abbreviations (IEC 61508-4:2010)
Funktionale Sicherheit sicherheitsbezogener
elektrischer/elektronischer/programmierbarer elektronischer Systeme - Teil 4: Begriffe
und Abkürzungen (IEC 61508-4:2010)
Sécurité fonctionnelle des systèmes électriques/électroniques/électroniques
programmables relatifs à la sécurité - Partie 4: Définitions et abréviations (CEI 61508-
4:2010)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 61508-4:2010
ICS:
01.040.25 Izdelavna tehnika (Slovarji) Manufacturing engineering
(Vocabularies)
25.040.40 Merjenje in krmiljenje Industrial process
industrijskih postopkov measurement and control
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 61508-4
NORME EUROPÉENNE
May 2010
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 25.040.40; 29.020 Supersedes EN 61508-4:2001

English version
Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-
related systems -
Part 4: Definitions and abbreviations
(IEC 61508-4:2010)
Sécurité fonctionnelle des systèmes Funktionale Sicherheit sicherheitsbezogener
électriques/électroniques/électroniques elektrischer/elektronischer/programmierbarer
programmables relatifs à la sécurité - elektronischer Systeme -
Partie 4: Définitions et abréviations Teil 4: Begriffe und Abkürzungen
(CEI 61508-4:2010) (IEC 61508-4:2010)

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Ref. No. EN 61508-4:2010 E
Foreword
The text of document 65A/551/FDIS, future edition 2 of IEC 61508-4, prepared by SC 65A, System
aspects, of IEC TC 65, Industrial-process measurement, control and automation, was submitted to the
IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and was approved by CENELEC as EN 61508-4 on 2010-05-01.
This European Standard supersedes EN 61508-4:2001.
It has the status of a basic safety publication according to IEC Guide 104.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN and CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent
rights.
The following dates were fixed:
– latest date by which the EN has to be implemented
at national level by publication of an identical
national standard or by endorsement (dop) 2011-02-01
– latest date by which the national standards conflicting
with the EN have to be withdrawn (dow) 2013-05-01
Annex ZA has been added by CENELEC.
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Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 61508-4:2010 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standards indicated:
[1] IEC 61511 series NOTE  Harmonized in EN 61511 series (not modified).
[2] IEC 62061:2005 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 62061:2005 (not modified).
[3] IEC 61800-5-2 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 61800-5-2.
[4] IEC 61508-5:2010 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 61508-5:2010 (not modified).
[5] IEC 61508-6:2010 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 61508-6:2010 (not modified).
[6] IEC 61508-7:2010 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 61508-7:2010 (not modified).
[8] IEC 61131-3:2003 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 61131-3:2003 (not modified).
[10] ISO 8402:1994 NOTE  Harmonized as EN ISO 8402:1995 (not modified).
[11] IEC 60601 series NOTE  Harmonized in EN 60601 series (partially modified).
[14] IEC 61508-1:2010 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 61508-1:2010 (not modified).
[15] IEC 61508-2:2010 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 61508-2:2010 (not modified).
[16] IEC 61508-3:2010 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 61508-3:2010 (not modified).
[18] ISO 9000:2005 NOTE  Harmonized as EN ISO 9000:2005 (not modified).
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Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications

The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated
references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced
document (including any amendments) applies.

NOTE  When an international publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant EN/HD
applies.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year

IEC Guide 104 1997 The preparation of safety publications - -
and the use of basic safety publications and
group safety publications
ISO/IEC Guide 51 1999 Safety aspects - Guidelines - -
for their inclusion in standards

IEC 61508-4 ®
Edition 2.0 2010-04
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
BASIC SAFETY PUBLICATION
PUBLICATION FONDAMENTALE DE SÉCURITÉ
Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related
systems –
Part 4: Definitions and abbreviations

Sécurité fonctionnelle des systèmes électriques/électroniques/électroniques
programmables relatifs à la sécurité –
Partie 4: Définitions et abréviations

INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
COMMISSION
ELECTROTECHNIQUE
PRICE CODE
INTERNATIONALE
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CODE PRIX
ICS 25.040.40; 29.020 ISBN 978-2-88910-527-4
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD.3
INTRODUCTION.5
1 Scope.7
2 Normative references.9
3 Definitions and abbreviations .9
3.1 Safety terms .10
3.2 Equipment and devices.12
3.3 Systems – general aspects .15
3.4 Systems – safety-related aspects.17
3.5 Safety functions and safety integrity.19
3.6 Fault, failure and error (see Figure 4).22
3.7 Lifecycle activities.27
3.8 Confirmation of safety measures.28
Bibliography .32
Index .33

Figure 1 – Overall framework of the IEC 61508 series .8
Figure 2 – Programmable electronic system .16
Figure 3 – Electrical/electronic/programmable electronic system (E/E/PE system) –
structure and terminology.16
Figure 4 – Failure model .23

Table 1 – Abbreviations used in this standard.9

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FUNCTIONAL SAFETY OF ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC/
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Part 4: Definitions and abbreviations

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International Standard IEC 61508-4 has been prepared by subcommittee 65A: System aspects,
of IEC technical committee 65: Industrial-process measurement, control and automation.
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 1998. This edition
constitutes a technical revision.
This edition has been subject to a thorough review and incorporates many comments received
at the various revision stages.
It has the status of a basic safety publication according to IEC Guide 104.

– 4 – 61508-4 © IEC:2010
The text of this standard is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
65A/551/FDIS 65A/575/RVD
Full information on the voting for the approval of this standard can be found in the report on
voting indicated in the above table.
This publication has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2
A list of all parts of the IEC 61508 series, published under the general title Functional safety of
electrical / electronic / programmable electronic safety-related systems, can be found on the
IEC website.
The committee has decided that the contents of this publicat
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