[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

capability \ca`pabil"ity\, n.; pl. capabilities.
   1. the quality of being capable; capacity; capableness; esp.
      intellectual power or ability.
      1913 webster

            a capability to take a thousand views of a subject.
                                                  --h. taylor.
      1913 webster

   2. capacity of being used or improved.
      1913 webster
see also:
capabilities 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

capability
     n 1: the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually
          or legally; "he worked to the limits of his capability"
          syn: capableness ant: incapability, incapability
     2: the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment;
        "the capability of a metal to be fused" syn: capacity
     3: an aptitude that may be developed syn: capableness, potentiality
        ant: incapability
see also:
capableness incapability capacity potentiality 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

114 moby thesaurus words for "capability":
   ability, ableness, address, adeptness, adequacy, adroitness,
   airmanship, aptitude, artfulness, artisanship, artistry, bravura,
   brilliance, bump, caliber, capableness, capacity, cleverness,
   command, competence, competency, condition, control, coordination,
   craft, craftsmanship, cunning, deftness, dexterity, dexterousness,
   dextrousness, diplomacy, dower, dowry, efficacy, efficiency,
   endowment, equipment, expertise, facility, faculty, finesse,
   fitness, fittedness, flair, forte, genius, gift, grace, grip,
   handiness, horsemanship, ingeniousness, ingenuity, instinct,
   know-how, long suit, makings, marksmanship, mastership, mastery,
   maturity, means, metier, natural endowment, natural gift, parts,
   potential, power, powers, practical ability, preparedness,
   proficiency, prowess, qualification, quickness, readiness,
   resource, resourcefulness, ripeness, savoir-faire, savvy,
   seamanship, seasoning, skill, skillfulness, speciality,
   strong flair, strong point, style, sufficiency, suitability,
   suitableness, suitedness, susceptibility, tact, tactfulness,
   talent, talents, technical brilliance, technical mastery,
   technical skill, technique, tempering, the goods, the stuff,
   timing, trim, virtuosity, what it takes, wherewithal, wit,
   wizardry, workmanship

[4] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

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
     
     
see also:
operating system token encryption hydra keykos eros 
chorus mix stanford v system kerberos access control list 

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