programmability

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How easily you can make a device do different tasks

noun
/prəˌɡræməˈbɪləti/

Specialized

: programabilidad

Many smart home devices offer programmability, enabling users to schedule their operations according to preferences.

So when we started the show, I talked about GPU's being kind of in the middle of programmability, CPUs on the left and these ASICS on the right.

Examples

The "T" Series chairs have superior stability, 16 inches of lift, independent movement of lift, recline, and tilt, dual-position programmability, auto-return, and a dual electrical lockout system.

Academic text (1995)
In such applications, accuracy and complete off-line programmability are more important than motion speed and repeatability.

Academic text (1995)
Channels describe the programmability of a hearing device.

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Jerry, you can get the *exact* same level of programmability you had with the other platforms you mentioned.

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Windley said the new reality is a combination of identity, programmability, data, and context.

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Lifx recently wrapped up funding for their smart light bulb, which includes a wide range of color options and the same degree of programmability.

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So from a technology standpoint, the CBC is an efficiency and transparency, programmability improvement over, you know, the status quo.
High-resolution color monitors, Windows-based metrology software, programmability from CAD files, and ergonomic design.

Academic text (1996)
Designed with the latest in mobile control network technology, the R260 offers features including CAN-Bus network integration, IEC 61131-3 compliant PLC programmability, and OMNEX industrially hardened.

Academic text (2011)
The programmability of modern robots allows them to perform a wide range of tasks efficiently.

Surface Forms

programmability singular

programmabilities plural

Morphology

programmability = programmable (transparent) = program + able + ity

Formed by adding the noun-forming suffix '-ity' to the clear adjective 'programmable' (itself predictable from 'program' + '-able'), so the derivation is regular and predictable.

Etymology

Programmability comes from program, meaning 'a plan or set of instructions', and the ending -ability, meaning 'can be'. So programmability is the quality of something that 'can be' given a program or instructions, meaning it can be made to do different tasks.