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From a generic engineer point of view following term might be best fitting for dependability:

dependability :: Betriebssicherheit

This term is usually applied to a technical (mechanical) structure in German but could also be applied to software when viewed as a systemic whole.

However there is no good generic term in German language. Your given definition and also Wikipedia define dependability as a mixture of several attributes which are very broad already for its own. In practice software in general is seldom measured like this really. (It probably should.) I am afraid this is why there is no term yet. For a final translation the context is important then.

reliability :: Zuverlässigkeit

In contrast the reliability is a term which measures a software from an end user point of view which usually does not include service, support or durability over time. You would say a reliable software is not know for crashes and it works ok.

Statement: My answer is heavily opinion based on long year experience in software business and engineering.

From a generic engineering point of view, Betriebssicherheit might be best fitting for dependability. This term is usually applied to a technical (mechanical) structure in German but could also be applied to software when viewed as a systemic whole.

However there is no good generic term in German language. The definition you gave and also Wikipedia’s define dependability as a mixture of several attributes that are already very broad on their own. In reality, software in general is seldom measured like this (it probably should). I am afraid this is why there is no term yet. Thus, for a final translation, the context is important.

By contrast, reliability is a term which measures a software from an end-user point of view which usually does not include service, support or durability over time. You would say a reliable software is not know for crashes and it works okay. I would translate it with Zuverlässigkeit.

Statement: My answer is heavily opinion-based on a long-year experience in software business and engineering.

From a generic engineer point of view following term might be best fitting for dependability:

dependability :: Betriebssicherheit

This term is usually applied to a technical (mechanical) structure in German but could also be applied to software when viewed as a systemic whole.

However there is no good generic term in German language. Your given definition and also Wikipedia define dependability as a mixture of several attributes which are very broad already for its own. In practice software in general is seldom measured like this really. (It probably should.) I am afraid this is why there is no term yet. For a final translation the context is important then.

reliability :: Zuverlässichkeit

In contrast the reliability is a term which measures a software from an end user point of view which usually does not include service, support or durability over time. You would say a reliable software is not know for crashes and it works ok.

Statement: My answer is heavily opinion based on long year experience in software business and engineering.

From a generic engineer point of view following term might be best fitting for dependability:

dependability :: Betriebssicherheit

This term is usually applied to a technical (mechanical) structure in German but could also be applied to software when viewed as a systemic whole.

However there is no good generic term in German language. Your given definition and also Wikipedia define dependability as a mixture of several attributes which are very broad already for its own. In practice software in general is seldom measured like this really. (It probably should.) I am afraid this is why there is no term yet. For a final translation the context is important then.

reliability :: Zuverlässigkeit

In contrast the reliability is a term which measures a software from an end user point of view which usually does not include service, support or durability over time. You would say a reliable software is not know for crashes and it works ok.

Statement: My answer is heavily opinion based on long year experience in software business and engineering.

From a generic engineer point of view following term might be best fitting:

Betriebssicherheit

This term is usually applied to a technical (mechanical) structure in German but could also be applied to software when viewed as a systemic whole.

However there is no good generic term in German language. Your given definition and also Wikipedia define dependability as a mixture of several attributes which are very broad already for its own. In practice software in general is seldom measured like this really. (It probably should.) I am afraid this is why there is no term yet. For a final translation the context is important then.

From a generic engineer point of view following term might be best fitting for dependability:

dependability :: Betriebssicherheit

This term is usually applied to a technical (mechanical) structure in German but could also be applied to software when viewed as a systemic whole.

However there is no good generic term in German language. Your given definition and also Wikipedia define dependability as a mixture of several attributes which are very broad already for its own. In practice software in general is seldom measured like this really. (It probably should.) I am afraid this is why there is no term yet. For a final translation the context is important then.

reliability :: Zuverlässichkeit

In contrast the reliability is a term which measures a software from an end user point of view which usually does not include service, support or durability over time. You would say a reliable software is not know for crashes and it works ok.

Statement: My answer is heavily opinion based on long year experience in software business and engineering.