Mean time to first failure

Mean time (to) first failure (MTFF, sometimes MTTFF) is a concept in reliability engineering, which describes time to failure for non-repairable components like an integrated circuit soldered on a circuit board.

[1] For repairable components like a replaceable light bulb the concept of mean time between failures is used to describe the failure rate.

The key is that this is a non-repairable and non-recoverable failure.

However, if this failure was due to a burned out integrated circuit that circuit itself can't be repaired and must be replaced.

It's generally used to predict the first failure after manufacturing [2][3]