English > utility: 8 senses > noun 2, attributeMeaning | The quality of being of practical use. |
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Synonym | usefulness |
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Attributes | useful, utile | Of use or service |
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useless | Having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully |
Narrower | detergency, detergence | detergent quality |
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function, purpose, role, use | What something is used for |
helpfulness | The property of providing useful assistance |
instrumentality | The quality of being instrumental for some purpose |
practicability, practicableness | The quality of being usable |
practicality | concerned with actual use rather than theoretical possibilities |
serviceability, serviceableness, usableness, useableness, usability | The quality of being able to provide good service |
use | A particular service |
Broader | quality | An essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone |
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Opposite | inutility, uselessness, unusefulness | The quality of having no practical use |
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Spanish | efectividad, provecho, utilidad, útil |
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Catalan | profit, utilitat |
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Adjectives | utile | being of use or service |
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utilitarian | having a useful function |
utilitarian | having utility often to the exclusion of values |
Verbs | utilize, utilise | put into service |
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English > utility: 8 senses > noun 5, communicationMeaning | (computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer. |
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Example | "a computer system provides utility programs to perform the tasks needed by most users" |
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Synonyms | utility program, service program |
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Category | computer science, computing | The branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures |
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Parts | utility routine, service routine | A routine that can be used as needed |
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Narrower | diagnostic program | A program that recognizes and explains faults in the equipment or mistakes in a computer program |
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driver, device driver | (computer science) a program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device |
input program | A utility program that organizes the input to a computer |
output program | A utility program that organizes the output / output of a computer |
sort program, sorting program | A utility program that sorts data items |
trace program | A utility program that exhibits the sequence / sequence and results of executing the instructions in another program |
Broader | program, programme, computer program, computer programme | (computer science) a sequence / sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute |
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Spanish | programa de servicio, utilidad |
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Catalan | utilitat |
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