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usability

usability

English

Alternative forms

useability

Noun

usability ‎(countable and uncountable, plural usabilities)

The state or condition of being usable.
The degree to which an object, device, software application, etc. is easy to use with no specific training.

Derived terms

reusability

Related terms

usable

Translations

degree to which an object or device is easy to use

Chinese:

Cantonese: 可用性 ‎(ho² jung⁶ sing³)

Mandarin: 可用性 ‎(kěyòngxìng)
Finnish: käytettävyys (fi)
French: convivialité (fr) f

German: Benutzerfreundlichkeit f
Malay: kebolehgunaan
Portuguese: usabilidade f
Romanian: utilizabilitate f, folosibilitate f
Russian: удо́бство испо́льзования n ‎(udóbstvo ispólʹzovanija)
Spanish: usabilidad (es) f

easiness of use in computing

Czech: použitelnost f
Dutch: bruikbaarheid
Finnish: käytettävyys (fi)
French: ergonomie (fr) f

German: Benutzerfreundlichkeit f
Malay: kebolehgunaan
Spanish: usabilidad (es) f
Swedish: användbarhet (sv) c, användarvänlighet (sv) c

See also

usability on Wikipedia.Wikipedia