meaning of capability

1. The quality of being capable; capacity; capableness; esp. intellectual power or ability.
2. Capacity of being used or improved.
3. capability system, security> 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.
4. the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally; "he worked to the limits of his ">capability"

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