As a feckless alternative, Microsoft offers computer makers the version of Windows 95 it still sells at retail, which has many known defects and lacks several features supporting current hardware.

To many aerospace experts, launching a satellite with a known serious defect would be a galling admission of failure.

The Greek Harehound is a healthy breed with no known genetic defects.

People buy things with known defects on a regular basis, for a variety of reasons.

The obligation of sellers, brokers and lawyers to disclose known defects in real estate being offered for sale is part of the developing common law, Mr. Casale said.

"People are asking more questions," said Adorna Carroll, a New Britain realtor who feels penalties should be imposed for failure to disclose known defects.

An automobile company allowing a car with a known defect to go to market?

The computer industry's merry tradition is to fix known defects only when absolutely necessary, so assume problems are not your fault until you get proof otherwise.

Diabetes mellitus cases due to a known defect are classified separately.

For handsets manufactured between November 2006 and February 2007, there is a known defect in the antenna assembly, causing a large number of dropped calls.