1. Fundamentals of Dependability 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Dependability Attributes 1.3 Dependability Impairments 1.4 Dependability Means 2. Dependability Evaluation 2.1 Common Measures of Dependability 2.2 Detecting Stuck-at Faults 2.3 Reliability 2.4 Markov Processes 3. Hardware Redundancy 3.1 Hardware Redundancy 3.2 Passive Redundancy 3.3 Active Redundancy 3.4 Hybrid Redundancy 4. Information Redundancy 4.1 Information Redundancy 4.2 Parity Codes 4.3 Linear Codes