capability
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Formed in Modern English as capable + -ity.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌkeɪ.pəˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/, /ˌkeɪ.pəˈbɪl.ə.ti/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌkeɪ.pəˈbɪl.ə.ti/, [ˌkeɪ.pəˈbɪl.ə.ɾi]
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌkæɪ.pəˈbɪl.ə.ti/, [ˌkæɪ.pəˈbɪl.ə.ɾi]
- Hyphenation: ca‧pa‧bil‧i‧ty
- Rhymes: -ɪlɪti
Noun
[edit]capability (countable and uncountable, plural capabilities)
- the power or ability to generate an outcome
- (computing) A digital token allowing a user or process to interact in a specified way with an object that is subject to access control. [from 1960s]
- 1987 November, Richard Y. Kain, Carl E. Landwehr, “On Access Checking in Capability-Based Systems”, in IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering[1], volume SE-13, number 2, pages 202–207:
- Enforcing a security policy means controlling the rights users can acquire to data. In a capability machine, a user’s rights are defined by the capabilities he (or a process acting on his behalf) can obtain and the access rights conferred by those capabilities.
Synonyms
[edit]- See also Thesaurus:skill
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- capable (adjective)
Translations
[edit]the power or ability to generate an outcome
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References
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capability on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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