capability : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: capability	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for capability
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
capability n the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally; "he worked to the limits of his capability" Synonym(s): capability, capableness Antonym(s): incapability, incapableness the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment; "the capability of a metal to be fused" Synonym(s): capability, capacity an aptitude that may be developed Synonym(s): capability, capableness, potentiality Antonym(s): incapability, incapableness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Capability \Ca`pabil"ity\, n.; pl. {Capabilities}. 1. The quality of being capable; capacity; capableness; esp. intellectual power or ability. A capability to take a thousand views of a subject. --H. Taylor. 2. Capacity of being used or improved.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [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)