Rikkisolekud ehk-režiimid viitavad teatud tüüpi riketele või tõrgetele, mis esinevad komponendi või alamkoostu tasandil ning mida saab tuvastada ja hinnata selliste meetodite abil nagu rikkerežiimi ja -efektide analüüs.
Fault modes refer to specific types of failures or faults that occur at a component or sub-assembly level, which can be identified and evaluated through methodologies such as Failure Mode and Effects Analysis.
The use of the term "fault mode" in this sense is noow deprecated. A function-based fault mode classification is described in IEC 62059-21.