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   usability
         n 1: the quality of being able to provide good service [syn:
               {serviceability}, {serviceableness}, {usableness},
               {useableness}, {usability}]

English Dictionary: useable by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
usable
adj
  1. capable of being put to use; "usable byproducts" [syn: useable, usable]
  2. fit or ready for use or service; "the toaster was still functional even after being dropped"; "the lawnmower is a bit rusty but still usable"; "an operational aircraft"; "the dishwasher is now in working order"
    Synonym(s): functional, usable, useable, operable, operational
  3. convenient for use or disposal; "the house is available after July 1"; "2000 square feet of usable office space"
    Synonym(s): available, usable, useable
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
usableness
n
  1. the quality of being able to provide good service [syn: serviceability, serviceableness, usableness, useableness, usability]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
useable
adj
  1. fit or ready for use or service; "the toaster was still functional even after being dropped"; "the lawnmower is a bit rusty but still usable"; "an operational aircraft"; "the dishwasher is now in working order"
    Synonym(s): functional, usable, useable, operable, operational
  2. capable of being put to use; "usable byproducts"
    Synonym(s): useable, usable
  3. convenient for use or disposal; "the house is available after July 1"; "2000 square feet of usable office space"
    Synonym(s): available, usable, useable
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
useableness
n
  1. the quality of being able to provide good service [syn: serviceability, serviceableness, usableness, useableness, usability]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
useful
adj
  1. being of use or service; "the girl felt motherly and useful"; "a useful job"; "a useful member of society"
    Synonym(s): useful, utile
    Antonym(s): useless
  2. having a useful function; "utilitarian steel tables"
    Synonym(s): utilitarian, useful
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
usefully
adv
  1. in a useful manner; "extra money could be usefully spent on this project"
    Antonym(s): uselessly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
usefulness
n
  1. the quality of being of practical use [syn: utility, usefulness]
    Antonym(s): inutility, unusefulness, uselessness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Usable \Us"a*ble\, a.
      Capable of being used.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Useful \Use"ful\, a.
      Full of use, advantage, or profit; producing, or having power
      to produce, good; serviceable for any end or object; helpful
      toward advancing any purpose; beneficial; profitable;
      advantageous; as, vessels and instruments useful in a family;
      books useful for improvement; useful knowledge; useful arts.
  
               To what can I useful!                              --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Usefully \Use"ful*ly\, adv.
      In a useful manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Usefulness \Use"ful*ness\, n.
      The quality or state of being useful; utility;
      serviceableness; advantage. --Addison.
  
      Syn: Utility; value; profit. See {Utility}.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   usability
  
      The effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction
      with which users can achieve tasks in a particular environment
      of a product.   High usability means a system is: easy to learn
      and remember; efficient, visually pleasing and fun to use; and
      quick to recover from errors.
  
      {(http://www.orrnet.com/)}.
  
      (1999-04-01)
  
  
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