capability

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the quality of being able -- physically or intellectually or legally

   To prepare for the big match, we trained to the limits of our team's capability.

2. 2
   noun

   the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment

   the capability of a metal to be fused

3. 3
   noun

   The power or ability to generate an outcome.

   And that sight will become more common in the coming years, as the city’s police pursue an ambitious campaign to install thousands of cameras to elevate their surveillance capabilities.

4. 4
   noun

   A digital token allowing a user or process to interact in a specified way with an object that is subject to access control.

   A file descriptor can be considered a capability that can only be leveraged using the appropriate system calls, passing it as an argument.

5. 5
   noun

   an aptitude that may be developed

Etymology

Formed in Modern English as capable + -ity.