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	In general, '''failure''' refers to the state or ] of not meeting a desirable or intended objective. In terms of computer science it is a system that deviates from its specification. It may be viewed as the opposite of ].

	==Commercial failures==

	A '''commercial failure''' is a ] that does not reach expectations of success, failing to come even close. A major flop goes one step further and is recognized for its complete lack of success.

	* For flops in computer and ], see ].
	* For company failures related to the 1997–2001 ], see ].
	* See also ].

	==Other failures==

	*For military disasters, see ]
	*For events that were highly anticipated but either did not happen or turned out to be disappointing, see ].

	==See also==

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	==Bibliography==

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	* Charles Perrow, ''Normal Accidents: Living with High-Risk Technologies'', New Tork: Basic Books, 1984. Paperback reprint, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1999, ISBN 0-691-00412-9
	* ] ''Born Losers: A History of Failure in America''. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2005. ISBN 0-674-01510-X, ISBN 0-674-02107-X.
	* Gay, Jared I. ''Enough Idle Chit-chat, Let's RPG!: An in-depth analysis of Toad's failures'' Some Place, Australia. ISBN 0-867-53090-X
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	==Notes and references==

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