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English

Noun

The power or ability to generate an outcome.

Translations

Finnish: pystyvyys, kykenevyys, kyky

Japanese: 能力 (nōryoku)
Kurdish:
:Sorani: {{t|ku|توانا|tr=twAnA|sc=KUchar}}
Romanian: {{t-|ro|capabilitate|f}}
Slovene: zmožnost

Related terms

capable adjective

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Capability \Ca`pa*bil"i*ty\, n.; pl. Capabilities.
1. The quality of being capable; capacity; capableness; esp.
intellectual power or ability.
[1913 Webster]

A capability to take a thousand views of a subject.
--H. Taylor.
[1913 Webster]

2. Capacity of being used or improved.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet capability
n 1: the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually
or legally; "he worked to the limits of his capability"
[syn: capableness] [ant: incapability, incapability]
2: the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment;
"the capability of a metal to be fused" [syn: capacity]
3: an aptitude that may be developed [syn: capableness, potentiality]
[ant: incapability]

Moby Dictionary
ability , ableness , address , adeptness , adequacy , adroitness ,
airmanship , aptitude , artfulness , artisanship , artistry , bravura ,
brilliance , bump , caliber , capableness , capacity , cleverness ,
command , competence , competency , condition , control , coordination ,
craft , craftsmanship , cunning , deftness , dexterity , dexterousness ,
dextrousness , diplomacy , dower , dowry , efficacy , efficiency ,
endowment , equipment , expertise , facility , faculty , finesse ,
fitness , fittedness , flair , forte , genius , gift , grace , grip ,
handiness , horsemanship , ingeniousness , ingenuity , instinct ,
know-how , long suit , makings , marksmanship , mastership , mastery ,
maturity , means , metier , natural endowment , natural gift , parts ,
potential , power , powers , practical ability , preparedness ,
proficiency , prowess , qualification , quickness , readiness ,
resource , resourcefulness , ripeness , savoir-faire , savvy ,
seamanship , seasoning , skill , skillfulness , speciality ,
strong flair , strong point , style , sufficiency , suitability ,
suitableness , suitedness , susceptibility , tact , tactfulness ,
talent , talents , technical brilliance , technical mastery ,
technical skill , technique , tempering , the goods , the stuff ,
timing , trim , virtuosity , what it takes , wherewithal , wit ,
wizardry , workmanship

FOLDOC capability

An operating system security or
access control model where specific types of access to a
specific object are granted by giving a process this data
structure or token.

The token may be unforgeable (typically by using encryption
or hardware "tagged" memory). Capabilities are used in OSes
such as Hydra, KeyKOS, EROS, Chorus/Mix, and the
Stanford V system. Similar to Kerberos, but in an OS
context.

Compare access control list.

(1998-03-08)